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Floridemys

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Floridemys was named by Williams (1950). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Testudinidae by Auffenberg (1963), Carroll (1988), Vlachos (2018) and Weems (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Bystra Hay
1930Bystra Hay p. 100
1950Floridemys Williams
1963Floridemys Auffenberg p. 83
1988Floridemys Carroll
2018Floridemys Vlachos
2023Floridemys Weems

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
genusFloridemysWilliams 1950

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. †Floridemys Williams 1950
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†Floridemys hurdi Weems and George 2013
†Floridemys nana Hay 1916
†Floridemys nancei Weems 2023
Invalid names: Bystra Hay 1916 [replaced]
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, Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989

Age range: base of the Whitneyan to the top of the Tortonian or 33.30000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Florida) F. sp. (17341)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82USA (Maryland) F. hurdi (18518)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) F. nancei (219172)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Florida) Bystra nana (99792)