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Testudo amiatae

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Testudo amiatae was named by Pantanelli (1893). Its type specimen is MPUM 25, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fosso Merlaccione, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. chailloti, T. lambrechti, T. roquesi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Testudo amiatae Pantanelli
2015Testudo amiatae Vlachos 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
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyTestudininae
tribeTestudininiBatsch 1788
genusTestudo
speciesamiatae

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.

†Testudo amiatae Pantanelli 1893
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Vlachos et al. 2015Chesi (2008) redescribed the holotype and remarked that it represents a smallTestudo-like male, being a domed shell 140 mm long,110 mm wide and 84 tall. The plastron is moderately concave, with a wide anal notch. MPUM 25 is further characterized by broad vertebrals and a sutural connection between the hypoplastra and xiphiplastra. The absence of a hinge is also supported by the considerable distance between the abdomino-femoral sulci and the hypo-xiphiplastral sutures. After Chesi (2008) tentatively accepted the validity of T. amiatae, but questioned its generic identification and suggested that it could belong to the Testudo hermanni-Testudo horsfieldi lineage because of the sutural relationships between the hypoplastra and xiphiplastra.
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Testudo amiatae (type locality: 190851)