Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Alternative combination: Cistudo eurypygia
Synonyms: Terrapene anguillulata Cope 1899, Terrapene anguillulatus Cope 1899, Toxaspis anguillulatus Cope 1899
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1870. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:105-235
Belongs to Terrapene according to E. Vlachos 2018
See also Cope 1870, Cope 1899, Hay 1902, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Milstead 1956 and Parris and Daeschler 1995
Sister taxa: Cistudo marnochii, Terrapene bulverda, Terrapene carolina, Terrapene coahuila, Terrapene corneri, Terrapene hibernaculum, Terrapene impensa, Terrapene impressa, Terrapene klauberi, Terrapene nelsoni, Terrapene ornata, Terrapene parornata, Terrapene putnami, Terrapene singletoni, Cistudo mexicana, Cistudo triunguis, Cistudo major, Cistudo eocaenica
Type specimens:
- Terrapene eurypygia: Its type locality is Oxford Neck, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Maryland
- Toxaspis anguillulatus: ANSP 155, a partial shell (partial carapace). Its type locality is Port Kennedy Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Pennsylvania.
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Maryland, Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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