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Chrysemys (painted turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Chrysemys Gray p. 27
1875Chrysemys Cope p. 53
1889Chrysemys Lydekker p. 118
1930Chrysemys Hay p. 96
1964Chrysemys Estes and Tihen p. 464
1967Chrysemys Wilson p. 205
1975Chrysemys Bickham p. 203
1977Baicalemys Ivaniev and Khosatzky pp. 157-59
1981Chrysemys Holman and Sullivan p. 139
1986Chrysemys Seidel and Smith p. 246
1988Chrysemys Carroll
1990Chrysemys Holman et al. p. 524
1992Chrysemys Hutchison
1996Chrysemys Frank and Ramus
1996Chrysemys Hutchison p. 343
2001Chrysemys Zug p. 213
2008Chrysemys Parham et al.
2009Chrysemys Anquetin et al.
2014Chrysemys van Dijk et al.
2018Chrysemys Vlachos
2023Chrysemys Weems

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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
subfamilyDeirochelyinaeAgassiz 1857
genusChrysemysGray 1844

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. Chrysemys Gray 1844 [painted turtle]
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Subg. †Chrysemys (Pseudemys) Gray 1856
Chrysemys corniculata Jasinski 2022
Chrysemys dorsalis Agassiz 1857 [Southern painted turtle]
Chrysemys isoni Weems and George 2001
Chrysemys lachati Sauvage 1873
Chrysemys lavrovi Kuznetsov and Chkhikvadze 1977
Chrysemys picta Schneider 1783 [painted turtle]
Chrysemys platymarginata Weaver and Robertson 1967
Chrysemys sculptata de Stefano 1902
Chrysemys timida Hay 1908
Invalid names: Baicalemys Ivaniev and Khosatzky 1977 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Chrysemys sculptata (178051)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Kazakhstan Chrysemys lavrovi (200124)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Virginia) Chrysemys isoni (167203)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Baicalemys gracilis (43647)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Chrysemys sp. (18579)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Chrysemys isoni (70819)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nebraska) Chrysemys picta (18442) Chrysemys sp. (18141 27507) Emydoidea hutchisoni (18284 18357 18412 70128)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Nebraska) Chrysemys sp. (18324 188779) Emydoidea hutchisoni (18092)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Chrysemys isoni (219172)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Canada (Yukon) Chrysemys sp. (206138)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Chrysemys picta (18126 18359)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Indiana) Chrysemys picta (18320)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) Chrysemys sp. (26574)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Chrysemys sp. (52582)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Chrysemys picta (19954 27572)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Chrysemys platymarginata (19752)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Chrysemys scripta, Chrysemys floridana (65405)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Chrysemys picta (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Chrysemys picta (20422) Chrysemys scripta, Chrysemys picta (20293)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Chrysemys sp. (20389)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Chrysemys picta (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Chrysemys sp. (200623)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Chrysemys scripta, Chrysemys nelsoni, Chrysemys floridana (154921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Chrysemys picta (224189)