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Macrochelys auffenbergi (Auffenberg's snapping turtle)
Taxonomy
Macroclemys auffenbergi was named by Dobie (1968). Its type specimen is UF 10992, a partial skeleton (associated carapace, plastron, skull, cervical vertebrae, and limb bones), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is McGehee Farm, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
It was recombined as Macrochelys auffenbergi by Hutchison (2008), Thomas et al. (2014) and Joyce (2016).
It was recombined as Macrochelys auffenbergi by Hutchison (2008), Thomas et al. (2014) and Joyce (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Macroclemys auffenbergi Dobie |
| 1978 | Macroclemys auffenbergi Whetstone p. 161 |
| 2008 | Macrochelys auffenbergi Hutchison |
| 2014 | Macrochelys auffenbergi Thomas et al. |
| 2016 | Macrochelys auffenbergi Joyce |
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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.
†Macrochelys auffenbergi Dobie 1968 [Auffenberg's snapping turtle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Hemphillian or 10.30000 to 4.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Macroclemys auffenbergi (type locality: 18560) |