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Emydoidea (Blanding's turtle)
Taxonomy
Emydoidea was named by Gray (1870) [also attributed to Fitzinger 1835]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Emydinae by Bickham (1975), Ernst and Barbour (1989), Holman (2002) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Emydidae by Carroll (1988), Parris and Daeschler (1995), Frank and Ramus (1996) and Vlachos (2018).
It was assigned to Emydinae by Bickham (1975), Ernst and Barbour (1989), Holman (2002) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Emydidae by Carroll (1988), Parris and Daeschler (1995), Frank and Ramus (1996) and Vlachos (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1870 | Emydoidea Gray |
| 1975 | Emydoidea Bickham p. 203 |
| 1988 | Emydoidea Carroll |
| 1989 | Emydoidea Ernst and Barbour |
| 1995 | Emydoidea Parris and Daeschler p. 564 |
| 1996 | Emydoidea Frank and Ramus |
| 2002 | Emydoidea Holman p. 439 |
| 2014 | Emydoidea van Dijk et al. |
| 2018 | Emydoidea Vlachos |
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G. Emydoidea Gray 1870 [Blanding's turtle]
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Emydoidea blandingii Holbrook 1838 [Blanding's turtle]
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Invalid names: Emys twentei Taylor 1943 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | |||
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| carapace height | 73 | 81.8 | 67.0 | 94.3 |
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Hemphillian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 10.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.9 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Emydoidea blandingii (18126) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan | USA (Indiana) | Emydoidea blandingii (18320) | |
| Blancan | USA (Nebraska) | Emydoidea blandingii (19954) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Mississippi) | Emydoidea blandingii (161745 162636) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Emydoidea blandingii (20479) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Emydoidea twentei (20137) Emys twentei (20166) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Mississippi) | Emydoidea blandingii (164396) |