Chrysemys Gray 1844 (painted turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Synonym: Baicalemys Ivaniev and Khosatzky 1977

Parent taxon: Deirochelyinae according to R. E. Weems 2023

See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Bickham 1975, Carroll 1988, Chkhikvadze and Yassamanov 1981, Cope 1875, Estes and Tihen 1964, Frank and Ramus 1996, Hay 1930, Holman et al. 1990, Holman and Sullivan 1981, Hutchison 1992, Hutchison 1996, Lydekker 1889, Parham et al. 2008, Seidel and Smith 1986, van Dijk et al. 2014, Vlachos 2018, Wilson 1967 and Zug 2001

Sister taxa: Deirochelys, Graptemys, Malaclemys, Trachemys

Subtaxa: Chrysemys (Pseudemys) Chrysemys corniculata Chrysemys dorsalis Chrysemys isoni Chrysemys lachati Chrysemys lavrovi Chrysemys picta Chrysemys platymarginata Chrysemys sculptata Chrysemys timida

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Type: Testudo picta

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (8: Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, South Carolina, South Dakota)

• Blancan of United States (3: Florida, Nebraska)

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

• Hemphillian of United States (4: Indiana, Nebraska, Tennessee)

• Miocene of Canada (1: Yukon), the Russian Federation (1), United States (13: Delaware, Maryland, Nebraska)

• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1), United States (1: Virginia)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 35 collections including 39 occurrences

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