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Testudo shilouensis
Taxonomy
Testudo shilouensis was named by Hsu et al. (1973). Its type specimen is IVPP V 4027, a partial skeleton (anterior two-thirds carapace and plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Testudo shilouensis type locality, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Baode Formation of China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1973 | Testudo shilouensis Hsu et al. |
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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.
†Testudo shilouensis Hsu et al. 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Shanxi) | Testudo shilouensis (type locality: 179051) |