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Testudo globosa

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Testudo globosa was named by Portis (1890). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Terranuova Bracciolini, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. chailloti, T. lambrechti, T. roquesi

Synonyms
  • Testudo szalaii was named by Mlynarski (1955). Its type specimen is No. 206, a partial shell (Large fragments of caudal part of carapace allld of plastron, belonging to one specimen), and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Testudo globosa by Mlynarski (1984).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Testudo globosa Portis p. 3 figs. Plate 1, Fig. 1-4
1955Testudo szalaii Mlynarski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyTestudininae
tribeTestudininiBatsch 1788
genusTestudo
speciesglobosa

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 globosa Portis 1890
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Invalid names: Testudo szalaii Mlynarski 1955 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 07:16:55
Modified: 2005-09-09 16:16:46
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: MN 15 or 4.20000 to 3.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy Testudo globosa (type locality: 191646)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Poland Testudo szalaii (33396)
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Poland (Siedlce) Testudo szalaii (34840)