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Chersine
Discussion
Chersine Merrem, 1820 is not the same as Chersina Gray, 1831
Taxonomy
Chersine was named by Merrem (1820). It is extant.
It was assigned to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018); to Testudinidae by Bour and Ohler (2008), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Redkozubov et al. (2020); and to Testudinini by Vlachos (2021).
It was assigned to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018); to Testudinidae by Bour and Ohler (2008), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Redkozubov et al. (2020); and to Testudinini by Vlachos (2021).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1820 | Chersine Merrem |
| 2006 | Eurotestudo Lapparent de Broin et al. |
| 2008 | Chersine Bour and Ohler |
| 2014 | Chersine van Dijk et al. |
| 2018 | Chersine Vlachos and Rabi p. 663 |
| 2020 | Chersine Redkozubov et al. |
| 2021 | Chersine Vlachos |
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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. Chersine Merrem 1820
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†Chersine khosatzkyi Redkozubov et al. 2020
†Chersine lunellensis Almera and Bofill 1903
Invalid names: Eurotestudo Lapparent de Broin et al. 2006 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. Vlachos 2021 | Within the more inclusive Testudo clade (or Testudo s.l.), fossils of the Hermann’s tortoises are easily distinguished by those of the derived Testudo, because of the absence of a hinge between the hypoplastra and the xiphiplastra. Another character that is quite useful, especially when working with isolated fragments, is the presence of marginals XII crossing the pygal plate |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989 | |||||