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Emys marmorata (western pond turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Taxonomy
Emys marmorata was named by Baird and Girard (1852). It is extant.

It was recombined as Actinemys marmorata by Agassiz (1857), Holman and Fritz (2001) and van Dijk et al. (2014); it was recombined as Clemmys marmorata by McDowell (1964) and Bickham (1975).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Emys marmorata Baird and Girard
1857Actinemys marmorata Agassiz
1959Clemmys owyheensis Brattstrom and Sturn
1964Clemmys marmorata McDowell
1975Clemmys marmorata Bickham p. 200
2001Actinemys marmorata Holman and Fritz p. 323
2001Actinemys owyheensis Holman and Fritz p. 324
2014Actinemys marmorata van Dijk et al.
2018Emys marmorata Vlachos

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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
familyEmydidaeRafinesque 1815
genusEmysDumeril 1806
speciesmarmorataBaird and Girard 1852

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.

Emys marmorata Baird and Girard 1852 [western pond turtle]
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Invalid names: Clemmys owyheensis Brattstrom and Sturn 1959 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:20:16
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:20:16
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 10.30000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) Clemmys owyheensis (19036)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Clemmys marmorata (19396 19397 19402 19407 19408)
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Idaho) Clemmys owyheensis (218109 218111)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) Clemmys owyheensis (19808)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) Clemmys marmorata (166974)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Clemmys marmorata (20327)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Clemmys marmorata (84880 84885 85314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Clemmys marmorata (20273 79630 155409 190889)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Clemmys marmorata (20628 20642 20644)