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Stigmochelys
Taxonomy
Stigmochelys was named by Gray (1873). It is extant.
It was assigned to Testudinidae by de la Fuente et al. (2014) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
It was assigned to Testudinidae by de la Fuente et al. (2014) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1873 | Stigmochelys Gray |
2014 | Stigmochelys de la Fuente et al. |
2014 | Stigmochelys van Dijk et al. |
2018 | Stigmochelys Vlachos and Rabi p. 663 |
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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.
G. Stigmochelys Gray 1873
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†Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987
†Stigmochelys crassa Andrews 1914
Stigmochelys pardalis Bell 1828 [Leopard tortoise]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available