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Pyxis
Taxonomy
Pyxis was named by Bell (1827). It is extant.
It was assigned to Testudinini by Swingland and Klemens (1989); and to Testudinidae by Frank and Ramus (1996), de la Fuente et al. (2014) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Testudinini by Swingland and Klemens (1989); and to Testudinidae by Frank and Ramus (1996), de la Fuente et al. (2014) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1827 | Pyxis Bell |
| 1989 | Pyxis Swingland and Klemens p. 125 |
| 1996 | Pyxis Frank and Ramus |
| 2014 | Pyxis de la Fuente et al. |
| 2014 | Pyxis van Dijk et al. |
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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. Pyxis Bell 1827
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Pyxis arachnoides Bell 1827 [Common spider tortoise]
Pyxis planicauda Grandidier 1867 [Flat-shelled spider tortoise]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988 | |||||