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Ergilemys

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Ergilemys was named by Ckhikvadze (1972). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Testudinidae by Ckhikvadze (1984), de la Fuente et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Ergilemys Ckhikvadze
1984Ergilemys Ckhikvadze
2014Ergilemys de la Fuente et al.
2018Ergilemys Vlachos and Rabi p. 663

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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
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyTestudininae
genusErgilemysCkhikvadze 1972

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.

G. †Ergilemys Ckhikvadze 1972
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†Ergilemys bruneti Broin 1977
†Ergilemys insolitus Matthew and Granger 1923
†Ergilemys saikanensis Ckhikvadze 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 07:16:55
Modified: 2005-09-09 16:16:46
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the MN 5 or 37.71000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mongolia Testudo insolitus (73781 128691)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) E. sp. (12843)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia Geochelone insolitus (128692)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Germany E. sp. (36984)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France (Quercy) E. sp. (36709 36711)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3France (Lot-et-Garonne) E. sp. (181116)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3France (Allier) E. sp. (181646)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04France (Tarn-et-Garonne) E. sp. (181661)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Lot-et-Garonne) E. sp. (181104)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) E. sp. (36712)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04France (Aquitaine) E. bruneti (37208)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) E. sp. (179146)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Auvergne) E. sp. (125333)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Centre-Val de Loire) E. sp. (178520 178521)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) E. sp. (205187)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63France (Loir-et-Cher) E. sp. (181119)