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Stigmochelys

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Stigmochelys was named by Gray (1873). It is extant.

It was assigned to Testudinidae by de la Fuente et al. (2014) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Stigmochelys Gray
2014Stigmochelys de la Fuente et al.
2014Stigmochelys van Dijk et al.
2018Stigmochelys 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
genusStigmochelysGray 1873

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. Stigmochelys Gray 1873
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Stigmochelys brachygularis Meylan and Auffenberg 1987
Stigmochelys crassa Andrews 1914
Stigmochelys pardalis Bell 1828 [Leopard tortoise]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Gelasian or 23.03000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Testudo crassa (146600)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya Geochelone crassa (232486)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Geochelone sp. (21336)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Geochelone brachygularis (32050)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Geochelone brachygularis (21795 21798 21799 21800 21810 21812 21813 21831)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Geochelone brachygularis (21816)