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† Hesperotestudo turgida (Gopherus riggsi)
Hesperotestudo turgida

Additional Functions

Grouping

Belong­ing to

 Gaeabionta  ⇒ Domäne: Eukaryota  ⇒ Reich: Animalia  ⇒ Mittelreich: Eumetazoa  ⇒ Klade: Triploblastica  ⇒ Klade: Nephrozoa  ⇒ Abzweig: Deuterostomia  ⇒ Stamm: Chordata  ⇒ Unterstamm: Vertebrata  ⇒ Infrastamm: Gnathostomata  ⇒ Superklasse: Tetrapoda  ⇒ Serie: Amniota  ⇒ Klade: Sauropsida  ⇒ Überordnung: Testudinata  ⇒ Ordnung: Testudines  ⇒ Unterordnung: Cryptodira  ⇒ Klade: Pantestudinoidea  ⇒ Überfamilie: Testudinoidea  ⇒ Familie: Testudinidae  ⇒ Gattung: Hesperotestudo

Taxo­nomic seg­ment

Art

This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.

Name from

Corre­spond­ing author (Name, Year)

Cope, 1892

Other languages

scientific

Hesperotestudo turgida

Alternative Name

scientific

Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) alleni

Auffenberg, 1966
Ref.: W. Auffenberg. 1966. A new species of Pliocene tortoise, genus Geochelone, from Florida. Journal of Paleontology 40(4):877-882

scientific

Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) incisa

Hay, 1916
Ref.: O. P. Hay. 1916. Descriptions of some Floridian fossil vertebrates, belonging mostly to the Pleistocene. Annual Report of the Florida State Geological Survey 8:39-76

scientific

Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) johnstoni

Auffenberg, 1962
Ref.: W. Auffenberg. 1962. A new species of Geochelone from the Pleistocene of Texas. Copeia 1962(3):627-636

scientific

Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) oelrichi

Holman, 1972
Ref.: J. A. Holman. 1972. Amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 148:55-71

scientific

Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) riggsi

Hibbard, 1944
Ref.: C. W. Hibbard. 1944. A new land tortoise, Testudo riggsi, from the middle Pliocene of Seward County, Kansas. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 30(7):71-76

scientific

Geochelone alleni

Auffenberg, 1966
Ref.: W. Auffenberg. 1966. A new species of Pliocene tortoise, genus Geochelone, from Florida. Journal of Paleontology 40(4):877-882

scientific

Geochelone incisa

Hay, 1916
Ref.: O. P. Hay. 1916. Descriptions of some Floridian fossil vertebrates, belonging mostly to the Pleistocene. Annual Report of the Florida State Geological Survey 8:39-76

scientific

Geochelone johnstoni

Auffenberg, 1962
Ref.: W. Auffenberg. 1962. A new species of Geochelone from the Pleistocene of Texas. Copeia 1962(3):627-636

scientific

Geochelone mlynarskii

Auffenberg, 1988
Ref.: W. Auffenberg. 1988. A new species of Geochelone (Testudinata: Testudinidae) from the Pleistocene of Florida (U.S.A.). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 31(23):591-604

scientific

Geochelone oelrichi

Holman, 1972
Ref.: J. A. Holman. 1972. Amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 148:55-71

scientific

Gopherus incisa

Hay, 1916
Ref.: O. P. Hay. 1916. Descriptions of some Floridian fossil vertebrates, belonging mostly to the Pleistocene. Annual Report of the Florida State Geological Survey 8:39-76

scientific

Gopherus riggsi

Hibbard, 1944
Ref.: C. W. Hibbard. 1944. A new land tortoise, Testudo riggsi, from the middle Pliocene of Seward County, Kansas. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 30(7):71-76

scientific

Testudo incisa

Hay, 1916
Ref.: O. P. Hay. 1916. Descriptions of some Floridian fossil vertebrates, belonging mostly to the Pleistocene. Annual Report of the Florida State Geological Survey 8:39-76

scientific

Testudo riggsi

Hibbard, 1944
Ref.: C. W. Hibbard. 1944. A new land tortoise, Testudo riggsi, from the middle Pliocene of Seward County, Kansas. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 30(7):71-76

scientific

Testudo wilsoni

Milstead, 1956
Ref.: W. W. Milstead. 1956. Fossil turtles of Friesenhahn Cave, Texas, with the description of a new species of Testudo. Copeia 1956(3):162-171

Recombined

scientific

Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) turgida

Cope, 1892
Ref.: E. D. Cope. 1892. A contribution to the vertebrate paleontology of Texas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 30(137):123-131

scientific

Gopherus turgida

Cope, 1892
Ref.: E. D. Cope. 1892. A contribution to the vertebrate paleontology of Texas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 30(137):123-131

scientific

Testudo turgida

Cope, 1892
Ref.: E. D. Cope. 1892. A contribution to the vertebrate paleontology of Texas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 30(137):123-131

Lebenszeitraum in Million Jahren (Ma)

Start age: 5.333 Ma - End age: 0.0117 Ma
Phanerozoic
(Phanerozoikum)
Cenozoic
(Känozoikum)
Quaternary
(Quartär)
Neogene
(Neogen)
Pleistocene
(Pleistozän)
Pliocene
(Pliozän)
Upper Pleistocene
(Oberes Pleistozän)
Ionian
(Mittleres Pleistozän)
Calabrian
(Unteres Pleistozän)
Gelasian
(Gelasium)
Piacenzian
(Piacenzium)
Zanclean
(Zancleum)
0.0117
0.129
0.129
0.774
0.774
1.8
1.8
2.58
2.58
3.6
3.6
5.333

Additional data by PBDB, License: CC BY

Motility: actively mobile
Habit: ground dwelling
Environment: terrestrial
Diet:

herbivore
Compositon of the remains:

phosphatic

Reference- and Source indication, Literature

On the same taxonomic level (siblings) (Count: 10)

Taxonomic assignment (0)

References by PBDB, License: CC BY

  • E. Vlachos, 2018 - A Review of the Fossil Record of North American Turtles of the Clade Pan-Testudinoidea - Bulletin of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (59), 3-94 (journal article, English)
  • W. Auffenberg, 1988 - A new species of Geochelone (Testudinata: Testudinidae) from the Pleistocene of Florida (U.S.A.) - Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia (31), 591-604 (journal article, English)
  • J. A. Holman, 1972 - Amphibians and reptiles - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (148), 55-71 (journal article, English)
  • W. Auffenberg, 1966 - A new species of Pliocene tortoise, genus Geochelone, from Florida - Journal of Paleontology (40), 877-882 (journal article, English)
  • W. Auffenberg, 1962 - A new species of Geochelone from the Pleistocene of Texas - Copeia (1962), 627-636 (journal article, English)
  • W. W. Milstead, 1956 - Fossil turtles of Friesenhahn Cave, Texas, with the description of a new species of Testudo - Copeia (1956), 162-171 (journal article, English)
  • C. W. Hibbard, 1944 - A new land tortoise, Testudo riggsi, from the middle Pliocene of Seward County, Kansas - University of Kansas Science Bulletin (30), 71-76 (journal article, English)
  • O. P. Hay, 1916 - Descriptions of some Floridian fossil vertebrates, belonging mostly to the Pleistocene - Annual Report of the Florida State Geological Survey (8), 39-76 (journal article, English)
  • E. D. Cope, 1892 - A contribution to the vertebrate paleontology of Texas - Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (30), 123-131 (journal article, English)

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) la9TbXOna0OL-NULcUJneg
GUID (Global unique identifier) 6D53AF95-A773-436B-8BF8-D50B7142677A
Database ID 124946