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Aldabrachelys
Taxonomy
Geochelone (Aldabrachelys) was named by Loveridge and Williams (1957). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Cylindraspis by Bour (1982); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Geochelone by Crumly (1982); it was reranked as Aldabrachelys by Gerlach (2012), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2013) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Geochelone by Loveridge and Williams (1957); and to Testudinidae by Gerlach (2012), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2013) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was synonymized subjectively with Cylindraspis by Bour (1982); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Geochelone by Crumly (1982); it was reranked as Aldabrachelys by Gerlach (2012), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2013) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Geochelone by Loveridge and Williams (1957); and to Testudinidae by Gerlach (2012), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2013) and van Dijk et al. (2014).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1957 | Geochelone (Aldabrachelys) Loveridge and Williams |
1982 | Dipsochelys Bour |
2008 | Dipsochelys Burney et al. p. 19 |
2012 | Aldabrachelys Gerlach |
2013 | Aldabrachelys International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature |
2014 | Dipsochelys de la Fuente et al. |
2014 | Aldabrachelys 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. Aldabrachelys Loveridge and Williams 1957
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Aldabrachelys gigantea Schweigger 1812 [Aldabra giant tortoise]
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Invalid names: Testudo dussumieri Gray 1831 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dipsochelys Bour 1982 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Pleistocene | Seychelles (Aldabra) | A. gigantea (191365 192429) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Madagascar | A. sp. (204645 204646) | |
Holocene | Madagascar (Toliara) | Dipsochelys sp. (92732 92733) |