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Kinosternon flavescens (Yellow mud turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea

Taxonomy
Platythyra flavescens was named by Agassiz (1857). It is extant.

It was recombined as Kinosternon flavescens by Cahn (1931), Fichter (1969) and van Dijk et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Platythyra flavescens Agassiz p. 430
1875Cinosternum flavescens Cope p. 52
1931Kinosternon flavescens Cahn p. 122
1969Kinosternon flavescens Fichter p. 117
2014Kinosternon flavescens 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
superfamilyTrionychoideaFitzinger 1826
familyKinosternoidea()
familyKinosternidae()
genusKinosternonvon Spix 1824
speciesflavescens()

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.

Kinosternon flavescens Agassiz 1857 [Yellow mud turtle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsuperf
Diet: durophagesuperf
Diet 2: piscivoresuperf
Reproduction: oviparoussuperf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:33:16
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:33:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hemphillian to the top of the Irvingtonian or 10.30000 to 0.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Kinosternon flavescens (18359)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Kinosternon flavescens (19922 19928)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (New Mexico) Kinosternon flavescens (19982)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Kinosternon flavescens (19960 19963)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Puebla) Kinosternon flavescens (85161)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Kinosternon flavescens (20337)