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Sternotherus (musk turtle)
Taxonomy
Sternotherus was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.
It was assigned to Kinosternidae by Shoshani et al. (1989) and Ernst and Barbour (1989); to Kinosterninae by Hutchison (1991) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Kinosterninae by Joyce and Bourque (2016).
It was assigned to Kinosternidae by Shoshani et al. (1989) and Ernst and Barbour (1989); to Kinosterninae by Hutchison (1991) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Kinosterninae by Joyce and Bourque (2016).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1825 | Sternotherus Gray |
1989 | Sternotherus Ernst and Barbour |
1989 | Stenothernus Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
1991 | Sternotherus Hutchison p. 155 |
2014 | Sternotherus van Dijk et al. |
2016 | Sternotherus Joyce and 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. Sternotherus Gray 1825 [musk turtle]
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†Sternotherus bonevalleyensis Bourque and Schubert 2015
Sternotherus carinatus Gray 1856 [Razor-backed musk turtle]
Sternotherus depressus Tinkle and Webb 1955 [Flattened musk turtle]
Sternotherus minor Agassiz 1857 [Loggerhead musk turtle]
Sternotherus odoratus Latreille 1801 [Common musk turtle]
†Sternotherus palaeodorus Bourque and Schubert 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available