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Clemmys
Taxonomy
Clemmys was named by Ritgen (1828). It is extant. Its type is Testudo guttata.
It was assigned to Emydidae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Carroll (1988), Shoshani et al. (1989), Parris and Daeschler (1995) and Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Emydinae by Melentis (1966), Bickham (1975), Ernst and Barbour (1989), Holman and Fritz (2001), Holman (2002), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Bourque (2016).
It was assigned to Emydidae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Carroll (1988), Shoshani et al. (1989), Parris and Daeschler (1995) and Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Emydinae by Melentis (1966), Bickham (1975), Ernst and Barbour (1989), Holman and Fritz (2001), Holman (2002), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Bourque (2016).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1828 | Clemmys Ritgen p. 270 |
| 1902 | Clemmys Hay p. 449 |
| 1930 | Clemmys Hay p. 94 |
| 1966 | Clemmys Melentis |
| 1975 | Clemmys Bickham p. 203 |
| 1988 | Clemmys Carroll |
| 1989 | Clemmys Ernst and Barbour |
| 1989 | Clemmys Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
| 1995 | Clemmys Parris and Daeschler p. 564 |
| 1996 | Clemmys Frank and Ramus |
| 2001 | Clemmys Holman and Fritz p. 322 |
| 2002 | Clemmys Holman p. 440 |
| 2014 | Clemmys van Dijk et al. |
| 2016 | Clemmys 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. Clemmys Ritgen 1828
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†Clemmys gaudryi Depéret 1885
†Clemmys schansiensis Ping 1932
†Clemmys ukoi Bachmayer 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 28.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oligocene | France (Auvergne) | C. jungi (36690) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Georgia | C. sp. (182744) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Kazakhstan | C. kasachstanica (74901) | |
| Tortonian | Austria (Lower Austria) | C. ukoi (217032) | |
| Zanclean | France (Pyrénées-Orientales) | Emys gaudryi (178671 178672) | |
| Ruscinian | China (Shanxi) | C. sp. (42273) | |
| Pliocene | China (Shansi) | C. schansiensis (195442) | |
| Pliocene | Ukraine (Odessa) | C. pidoplickai (76548) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | C. sp. (155393) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | C. guttata (224189) |