Terrapene Merrem 1820 (box turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Synonyms: Cistudo Dumeril and Bibron 1835, Toxaspis Cope 1889

Parent taxon: Emydidae according to S. R. May 2019

See also Bickham 1975, Carroll 1988, Cope 1870, Cope 1875, Frank and Ramus 1996, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Holman 1985, Holman 2002, Oelrich 1953, Parris and Daeschler 1995, van Dijk et al. 2014 and Vlachos 2018

Sister taxa: Batagurinae, Callagur, Chelonemys, Chelopus, Chrysemys limnodytes, Clemmys hutchensorum, Clemmys saxea, Deirochelyinae, Deirochelys floridana, Emydinae, Emydoidea, Emydoidea hutchisoni, Emys, Epiemys, Glyptemys, Grayemys, Gyremys, Hieremys, Hybemys, Lyssemys, Malacoclemmys, Palaeotheca, Polyechmatemys, Pseudemys, Pseudemys bisornatus, Pseudemys extincta, Pseudemys hillii, Pseudochrysemys, Pseudograptemys, Pyxidea, Sakya, Senryuemys, Shansiemys, Sharemys

Subtaxa: Cistudo eocaenica Cistudo major Cistudo marnochii Cistudo mexicana Cistudo triunguis Terrapene bulverda Terrapene carolina Terrapene coahuila Terrapene corneri Terrapene eurypygia Terrapene hibernaculum Terrapene impensa Terrapene impressa Terrapene klauberi Terrapene nelsoni Terrapene ornata Terrapene parornata Terrapene putnami Terrapene singletoni

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Type: Testudo carolina

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (56: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia collections)

• Blancan of United States (3: Arizona, Florida, New Mexico)

• Hemphillian of United States (5: Florida, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee)

• Miocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Miocene of United States (7: Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas)

• Eocene of France (1)

Total: 73 collections including 79 occurrences

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