Emydoidea Gray 1870 (Blanding's turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Parent taxon: Emydidae according to E. Vlachos 2018

See also Bickham 1975, Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Frank and Ramus 1996, Holman 2002, Parris and Daeschler 1995 and van Dijk et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Batagurinae, Callagur, Chelonemys, Chelopus, Chrysemys limnodytes, Clemmys hutchensorum, Clemmys saxea, Deirochelyinae, Deirochelys floridana, Emydinae, 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, Terrapene

Subtaxa: Emydoidea blandingii

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (6: Kansas, Mississippi, Pennsylvania collections)

• Blancan of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Hemphillian of United States (2: Indiana, Nebraska)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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