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Pseudemys concinna (eastern river cooter)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Taxonomy
Testudo concinna was named by Le Conte (1830). It is extant. It is the type species of Pseudemys.

It was recombined as Pseudemys concinna by Gray (1855), Cope (1875), Hay (1930), Holman (1985), Seidel and Smith (1986), Holman et al. (1990) and van Dijk et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Testudo concinna Le Conte
1855Pseudemys concinna Gray
1875Pseudemys concinna Cope p. 52
1930Pseudemys concinna Hay p. 97
1985Pseudemys concinna Holman
1986Pseudemys concinna Seidel and Smith p. 246
1990Pseudemys concinna Holman et al. p. 524
2014Pseudemys concinna van Dijk et al.

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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
genusPseudemysGray 1856
speciesconcinna(Le Conte 1830)

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.

Pseudemys concinna Le Conte 1830 [eastern river cooter]
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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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pseudemys concinna (206227)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Pseudemys concinna (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pseudemys concinna (154804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Pseudemys concinna (20604)