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Kinosternon subrubrum (Eastern mud turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea

Taxonomy
Testudo subrubra was named by Bonnaterre (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Kinosternon subrubrum by Fichter (1969), Holman (1985) and van Dijk et al. (2014).

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Testudo subrubra Bonnaterre
1788Testudo subrubra Lacépède
1969Kinosternon subrubrum Fichter p. 117
1985Kinosternon subrubrum Holman
2014Kinosternon subrubrum van Dijk et al.

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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
superfamilyTrionychoideaFitzinger 1826
familyKinosternoidea()
familyKinosternidae()
genusKinosternonvon Spix 1824
speciessubrubrum(Bonnaterre 1788)

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.

Kinosternon subrubrum Bonnaterre 1788 [Eastern mud turtle]
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Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis Gray 1856 [Mississippi mud turtle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
carapace height140.0

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsuperf
Diet: durophagesuperf
Diet 2: piscivoresuperf
Reproduction: oviparoussuperf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:33:16
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:33:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Kinosternon subrubrum (19922)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Kinosternon subrubrum (154805)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Kinosternon subrubrum (152113)