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Kinixys (hingeback tortoise)
Taxonomy
Kinixys was named by Bell (1827). It is extant.
It was assigned to Testudinini by Swingland and Klemens (1989); to Testudinidae by Meylan and Auffenberg (1986), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996), de la Fuente et al. (2014) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
It was assigned to Testudinini by Swingland and Klemens (1989); to Testudinidae by Meylan and Auffenberg (1986), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996), de la Fuente et al. (2014) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1827 | Kinixys Bell |
| 1986 | Kinixys Meylan and Auffenberg p. 286 |
| 1988 | Kinixys Carroll |
| 1989 | Kinixys Swingland and Klemens p. 125 |
| 1996 | Kinixys Frank and Ramus |
| 2014 | Kinixys de la Fuente et al. |
| 2014 | Kinixys van Dijk et al. |
| 2018 | Kinixys Vlachos and Rabi p. 663 |
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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. Kinixys Bell 1827 [hingeback tortoise]
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Kinixys belliana Gray 1830 [Bells hinge-back tortoise]
Kinixys erosa Schweigger 1812 [forest hingeback tortoise]
Kinixys homeana Bell 1827 [Home's hingeback tortoise]
Kinixys lobatsiana Power 1927 [Lobatse hinge-back tortoise]
Kinixys natalensis Hewitt 1935 [Natal hinge-back tortoise]
Kinixys nogueyi Lataste 1886 [Western hinge-back tortoise]
Kinixys zombensis Hewitt 1931 [Southeastern hinge-back tortoise]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdigalian | Kenya | Kinixys erosa (21726) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa | Kinixys sp. (22356) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Kinixys sp. (22074) | |
| Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Kinixys erosa (22073) |