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Emys orbicularis (European pond turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Testudo orbicularis Linnaeus
1766Testudo orbicularis Linnaeus
1889Testudo orbicularis Lydekker pp. 103-104
1902Emys orbicularis Hay p. 447
1934Emys orbicularis Swinton p. 72
1980Emys orbicularis Schleich
1984Emys orbicularis Mlynarski
1995Emys orbicularis Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi p. 238
2014Emys orbicularis van Dijk et al.
2016Emys orbicularis Vlachos and Delfino
2021Emys orbicularis Vlachos
2022Emys orbicularis Zoboli et al.

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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
familyEmydidaeRafinesque 1815
genusEmysDumeril 1806
speciesorbicularis()

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.

Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 [European pond turtle]
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Vlachos 2021The most reliable characters to diagnose Emys orbicularis in the Greek fossil record are the presence of a hyo-hypoplastral hinge seen as a complete coincidence of the hyo-hypoplastral suture and the pectoro-abdominal sulcus; a nuchal plate overlapped laterally by the pleural I; a lyre-shaped vertebral I; and small pygal that is covered by the vertebral V and the marginals XII.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:20:16
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:20:16
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005

Age range: base of the MN 15 to the top of the Holocene or 4.20000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Slovakia Emys orbicularis (193251)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Emys orbicularis (51684)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Poland Emys orbicularis (33396)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Slovakia (Trenčín) Emys orbicularis (34255)
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Poland (Siedlce) Emys wermuthi (34840)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Slovakia Emys orbicularis (41026)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Haute-Loire) Emys orbicularis (47133)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Barany) Emys orbicularis (35457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Mygdonia) Emys orbicularis (200084)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Slovakia Emys orbicularis (193253)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Thüringen) Emys orbicularis (43020 45063 45086)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Croatia (Istria) Emys orbicularis (40500)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Malta Emys orbicularis (190860)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Slovakia Emys orbicularis (193252 193254 193255)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France Emys orbicularis (195262)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Emys orbicularis (182721)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Emys orbicularis (125089)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Palencia) Emys orbicularis (205231)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Capri Island) Emys sp. (43016)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Emys orbicularis (34981 195119)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Emys orbicularis (77754 195198)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Emys orbicularis (69062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Midi-Pyrenees) Emys orbicularis (195222)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Peloponnesos) Emys orbicularis (200080 200081 200082)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Netherlands Emys orbicularis (109704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Madrid) Emys orbicularis (195267)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Somerset) Emys orbicularis (195199)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Malaga) Emys orbicularis (195564)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece Emys orbicularis (194472 194474 194476 194477)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic Emys orbicularis (195228)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Emys orbicularis (190854 226836)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Emys orbicularis (122309)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Monaco Emys orbicularis (195265)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France Emys orbicularis (86273 195238)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Germany (Brandenburg) Emys orbicularis (198613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Sussex) Emys orbicularis (195208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Norfolk) Emys orbicularis (195206)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Leiria) Emys orbicularis (230380)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Emys orbicularis (93804 93805 93816)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Suffolk) Emys orbicularis (195204 195210)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Croatia Emys orbicularis (94487)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Argolida) Emys sp., Mauremys sp. (182709)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy (Veneto) Emys orbicularis (193569)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bulgaria (Tolbuchin) Emys orbicularis (227255)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain (Madrid) Emys orbicularis (205224)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greece (Attica) Emys orbicularis (183130)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Germany Emys orbicularis (216169)