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Cuora flavomarginata (Yellow-margined box turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae

Discussion

Not original genus placement. A living species with some fossil or sub-fossil shells.

Taxonomy
Cuora flavomarginata was named by Gray (1863). It is extant.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Cuora flavomarginata Gray
1961Terrapene culturalia Yeh
1963Terrapene culturalia Yeh
2014Cuora flavomarginata van Dijk et al.

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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
familyGeoemydidaeTheobald 1868
genusCuoraGray 1855
speciesflavomarginataGray 1863

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.

Cuora flavomarginata Gray 1863 [Yellow-margined box turtle]
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Invalid names: Terrapene culturalia Yeh 1961 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Zhejiang) Cuora flavomarginata (226910)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Shandong) Terrapene culturalia (154960)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Zhejiang) Cuora flavomarginata (226911)