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Staurotypus (Mexican musk turtle)
Taxonomy
Staurotypus was named by Wagler (1830). It is extant. Its type is Staurotypus moschus. It is the type genus of Staurotypinae.
It was assigned to Kinosternidae by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Kinosternidae by Carroll (1988) and Cadena et al. (2012); to Staurotypinae by Hutchison (1991) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Kinosternidae by Joyce and Bourque (2016).
It was assigned to Kinosternidae by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Kinosternidae by Carroll (1988) and Cadena et al. (2012); to Staurotypinae by Hutchison (1991) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Kinosternidae by Joyce and Bourque (2016).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1830 | Staurotypus Wagler |
| 1988 | Staurotypus Carroll |
| 1991 | Staurotypus Hutchison p. 147 |
| 1996 | Staurotypus Frank and Ramus |
| 2012 | Staurotypus Cadena et al. p. 545 |
| 2014 | Staurotypus van Dijk et al. |
| 2016 | Staurotypus Joyce and Bourque |
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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. Staurotypus Wagler 1830 [Mexican musk turtle]
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†Staurotypus moschus Cadena et al. 2012
Staurotypus salvini Gray 1864 [Chiapas giant musk turtle]
Staurotypus triporcatus Wiegmann 1828 [Mexican giant musk turtle]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 20.43000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | Panama | Staurotypus moschus (89444) |