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Geochelone stromeri

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Geochelone stromeri was named by Meylan and Auffenberg (1986). Its type specimen is SAM-L-13721, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lang. E Quarry-Pel.Phos.Mbr., which is in a Miocene/Pliocene coastal sandstone in the Varswater Formation of South Africa.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. eocaenica, G. perpiniana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Geochelone stromeri Meylan and Auffenberg p. 282

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyTestudininae
genusGeocheloneFitzinger 1835
speciesstromeri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Geochelone stromeri Meylan and Auffenberg 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available