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Paleotestudo

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Paleotestudo Lartet
1951Paralichelys catalaunicus Bergounioux
1954Paralichelys catalaunicus Bergounioux p. 45
1958Cheirogaster arrahonensis Bergounioux
2013Paleotestudo Perez-Garcia and Murelaga
2014Palaeotestudo de la Fuente et al.
2018Paleotestudo Vlachos and Rabi p. 663

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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
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyTestudininae
genusPaleotestudoLartet 1851

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. †Paleotestudo Lartet 1851
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Paleotestudo antiqua Bronn 1831
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Invalid names: Testudo catalaunica Bataller 1926 [synonym]
Paleotestudo canetotiana Lartet 1851
Paleotestudo mellingi Peters 1868
Invalid names: Cheirogaster arrahonensis Bergounioux 1958 [nomen dubium], Paralichelys catalaunicus Bergounioux 1951 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 07:16:55
Modified: 2005-09-09 16:16:46
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the MN 11 or 23.03000 to 7.75000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Spain (Zaragoza) P. antiqua (193245 193246 193247)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Spain (Catalonia) Testudo catalaunica (201475)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Spain P. antiqua (187337 187341)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Emys mellingi (144047)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Testudo canetotiana (32191)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Spain P. antiqua (187347)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Spain (Barcelona) Testudo catalaunica (204220)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Spain (Catalonia) Testudo catalaunica (204221 204222 204223 204224)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France (Gers) Testudo canetotiana (143472)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Spain Testudo catalaunica (190006)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Spain P. antiqua (187345)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain (Cataluña) Testudo catalaunica (92640)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain Testudo catalaunica (40765)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Zaragoza) P. antiqua (35876)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Segovia) Testudo catalaunica (40767)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Spain P. catalaunica (78514 204958)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Spain (Alicante) Testudo catalaunica (68914)