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Pelusios

Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Pelusios Wagler
1948Pelusios Zangerl p. 48
1981Pelusios Auffenberg p. 513
1996Pelusios Frank and Ramus
2006Pelusios Gaffney et al. p. 34
2012Pelusios Cadena et al.
2014Pelusios van Dijk et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
superfamilyPelomedusoidesBroin 1988
Pelomedusera
familyPelomedusidae
genusPelusiosWagler 1830

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. Pelusios Wagler 1830
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Pelusios adansonii Schweigger 1812 [Adansons mud turtle]
Pelusios bechuanicus FitzSimons 1932 [Okavango mud turtle]
Pelusios broadleyi Bour 1986 [Turkana mud turtle]
Pelusios carinatus Laurent 1956 [African keeled mud turtle]
Pelusios castaneus Schweigger 1812 [West African mud turtle]
Pelusios castanoides Hewitt 1931 [Yellow-bellied mud turtle]
Pelusios chapini Laurent 1965 [Central African mud turtle]
Pelusios cupulatta Bour and Maran 2003 [Ivory Coast mud turtle]
Pelusios gabonensis Duméril 1856 [African forest turtle]
Pelusios marani Bour 2000 [Gabon mud turtle]
Pelusios nanus Laurent 1956 [African dwarf mud turtle]
Pelusios niger Duméril and Bibron 1835 [West African black mud turtle]
Pelusios rhodesianus Hewitt 1927 [Variable mud turtle]
Pelusios rusingae Williams 1954
Pelusios sinuatus Smith 1838 [Serrated hinged terrapin]
Pelusios subniger Bonnaterre 1789 [East African black mud turtle]
Pelusios upembae Broadley 1981 [Upemba mud turtle]
Pelusios williamsi Laurent 1965 [Williams mud turtle]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:34:13
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:34:13
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda P. sinuatus (22438 22442) P. sp. (22409 22436)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya P. rusingae (21725)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya P. sp. (22071 22077 22082)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya (Nyanza) P. sp. (21338 21339)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Kenya P. sp. (22303)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Congo-Kinshasa P. sinuatus (22198)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi P. sinuatus (22271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uganda P. sinuatus (22256)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa P. sp. (22356)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa P. sp., P. sinuatus (22346)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi P. sinuatus (22327)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda P. sp. (22200)
Pliocene - Holocene5.333 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa P. sinuatus (22125)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda P. sp. (22178)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania P. sinuatus (22593 22595)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Eritrea (Buia) P. sinuatus (193126)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.781Tanzania P. sinuatus (144173)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.126Eritrea P. sinuatus (185616)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Tanzania (Serengeti Park) P. sp. (22548)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Tanzania P. sinuatus (21972)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mali P. adansonii, P. castaneus (195272) P. castaneus (195271)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger P. adansonii (83303 83304 83305)