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Indotestudo
Taxonomy
Testudo (Indotestudo) was named by Lindholm (1929). It is extant.
It was Geochelone (Indotestudo) by Auffenberg (1971); it was reranked as Indotestudo by Crumly (1982), Swingland and Klemens (1989), Frank and Ramus (1996), de la Fuente et al. (2014), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
It was assigned to Testudo by Lindholm (1929); to Geochelone by Auffenberg (1971); to Testudinini by Swingland and Klemens (1989); to Testudinidae by Crumly (1982), Frank and Ramus (1996), de la Fuente et al. (2014) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
It was Geochelone (Indotestudo) by Auffenberg (1971); it was reranked as Indotestudo by Crumly (1982), Swingland and Klemens (1989), Frank and Ramus (1996), de la Fuente et al. (2014), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
It was assigned to Testudo by Lindholm (1929); to Geochelone by Auffenberg (1971); to Testudinini by Swingland and Klemens (1989); to Testudinidae by Crumly (1982), Frank and Ramus (1996), de la Fuente et al. (2014) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1929 | Testudo (Indotestudo) Lindholm |
| 1971 | Geochelone (Indotestudo) Auffenberg p. 114 |
| 1982 | Indotestudo Crumly p. 215 |
| 1989 | Indotestudo Swingland and Klemens p. 124 |
| 1996 | Indotestudo Frank and Ramus |
| 2014 | Indotestudo de la Fuente et al. |
| 2014 | Indotestudo van Dijk et al. |
| 2018 | Indotestudo Vlachos and Rabi p. 663 |
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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. Indotestudo Lindholm 1929
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Indotestudo elongata Blyth 1853 [Elongate tortoise]
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Invalid names: Geochelone elongata Blyth 1853 [synonym]
Indotestudo forstenii Schlegel and Muller 1844 [Travancore tortoise]
†Indotestudo kaiseni Gilmore 1931
†Indotestudo takasago Matsumoto 1929
Indotestudo travancorica Boulenger 1907
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Eocene | Mongolia | Testudo kaiseni (73781) | |
| Chattian | Japan (Fukuoka) | Geoemyda takasago (45835) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | India | I. forstenii (224295) | |
| Holocene | Thailand (Lopburi) | I. elongata (201933 201936) |