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Geochelone stromeri
Taxonomy
Geochelone stromeri was named by Meylan and Auffenberg (1986). Its type specimen is SAM-L-13721, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lang. E Quarry-Pel.Phos.Mbr., which is in a Miocene/Pliocene coastal sandstone in the Varswater Formation of South Africa.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Geochelone stromeri Meylan and Auffenberg p. 282 |
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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.
†Geochelone stromeri Meylan and Auffenberg 1986
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Geochelone stromeri (type locality: 22232) |