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Emys (pond turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Emys Dumeril
1842Emys Owen p. 160
1860Emys Leidy p. 153
1860Emys namadicus Theobald p. 295
1865Emys Leidy p. 106
1873Emys Leidy p. 340
1875Emys Cope p. 53
1881Emys Seeley p. 620
1882Emys Quenstedt p. 149
1884Emys Cope
1889Emys Lydekker p. 102
1902Emys Hay p. 447
1975Emys Bickham p. 203
1988Emys Carroll
1995Emys Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi p. 238
1996Emys Frank and Ramus
2002Emys Holman p. 440
2014Emys van Dijk et al.
2016Emys Vlachos and Delfino
2018Emys Vlachos
2021Emys Vlachos

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyEmydidaeRafinesque 1815
genusEmysDumeril 1806

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. Emys Dumeril 1806 [pond turtle]
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Emys cuvieri Gray 1831
Emys dhongoka Gray 1834 [Three-striped roofed turtle]
Emys hordwellensis Seeley 1876
Emys kachuga Gray 1831 [Red-crowned roofed turtle]
Emys lucii Gray 1831
Emys marmorata Baird and Girard 1852 [western pond turtle]
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Invalid names: Clemmys owyheensis Brattstrom and Sturn 1959 [synonym]
Emys orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 [European pond turtle]
Emys sigriz Michahelles 1829
Emys sinensis Gray 1835
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Invalid names: Testudo anyangensis Ping 1930 [synonym]
Emys trinacris Fritz et al. 2005 [Sicilian pond turtle]
Emys vulgaris Gray 1831
Emys wermuthi Mlynarski 1956
Emys wyomingensis Leidy 1870
Invalid names: Emys namadicus Theobald 1860 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Vlachos 2021Fossil emydids known from shell remains can be readily distinguished based on the presence of a wide costovertebral tunnel and wide rib heads, the absence of musk ducts and their foramina, and the expansion of the vertebral V onto the pygal bone.