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Aldabrachelys
Taxonomy
Geochelone (Aldabrachelys) was named by Loveridge and Williams (1957). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Cylindraspis by Bour (1982); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Geochelone by Crumly (1982); it was reranked as Aldabrachelys by Gerlach (2012), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2013) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Geochelone by Loveridge and Williams (1957); and to Testudinidae by Gerlach (2012), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2013) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was synonymized subjectively with Cylindraspis by Bour (1982); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Geochelone by Crumly (1982); it was reranked as Aldabrachelys by Gerlach (2012), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2013) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Geochelone by Loveridge and Williams (1957); and to Testudinidae by Gerlach (2012), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2013) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1957 | Geochelone (Aldabrachelys) Loveridge and Williams |
1982 | Dipsochelys Bour |
2008 | Dipsochelys Burney et al. p. 19 |
2012 | Aldabrachelys Gerlach |
2013 | Aldabrachelys International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature |
2014 | Dipsochelys de la Fuente et al. |
2014 | Aldabrachelys van Dijk 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.
G. Aldabrachelys Loveridge and Williams 1957
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Aldabrachelys gigantea Schweigger 1812 [Aldabra giant tortoise]
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Invalid names: Testudo dussumieri Gray 1831 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dipsochelys Bour 1982 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available