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† Hesperotestudo
Hesperotestudo

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

Taxo­nomic seg­ment

Gattung

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)

Williams, 1950

Other languages

scientific

Hesperotestudo

Alternative Name

scientific

Caudochelys

Auffenberg, 1963
Ref.: W. Auffenberg. 1963. Fossil testudinine turtles of Florida: genera. Geochelone and Floridemys. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7(2):53-97

scientific

Geochelone (Caudochelys)

Auffenberg, 1963
Ref.: W. Auffenberg. 1963. Fossil testudinine turtles of Florida: genera. Geochelone and Floridemys. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7(2):53-97

Lebenszeitraum in Million Jahren (Ma)

Start age: 30.8 Ma - End age: 0.0117 Ma
0.0117
1.8
5.333
13.82
33.9
Upper Pleistocene
Ionian
Calabrian
Gelasian
Piacenzian
Zanclean
Messinian
Tortonian
Serravallian
Langhian
Burdigalian
Aquitanian
Chattian
Rupelian
Pleistocene
Pliocene
Miocene
Oligocene
Quaternary
Neogene
Paleogene

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

herbivore
Compositon of the remains:

phosphatic

Reference- and Source indication, Literature

Next lower taxonomy level

Art: Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) angusticeps Matthew, 1924

Art: Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia Cope, 1878

Art: Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni Milstead, 1956

Art: Hesperotestudo bermudae Meylan & Sterrer, 2000

Art: Hesperotestudo crassiscutata Leidy, 1889

Art: Hesperotestudo ducateli Collins & Lynn, 1936

Art: Hesperotestudo gilbertii Hay, 1899

Art: Hesperotestudo orthopygia Cope, 1878

Art: Hesperotestudo osborniana Hay, 1904

Art: Hesperotestudo turgida Cope, 1892

Art: Hesperotestudo williamsi Auffenberg, 1964

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Actuality: 11. May 2025 - 10:16:41

On the same taxonomic level (siblings) (Count: 50)

Taxonomic assignment (11)

 
Gaeabionta

 
 
Eukaryota (Domäne)

 
 
 
Animalia (Reich)

 
 
 
 
Eumetazoa (Mittelreich)

 
 
 
 
 
Triploblastica (Klade)

 
 
 
 
 
 
Nephrozoa (Klade)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deuterostomia (Abzweig)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chordata (Stamm)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vertebrata (Unterstamm)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gnathostomata (Infrastamm)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tetrapoda (Superklasse)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amniota (Serie)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sauropsida (Klade)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Testudinata (Überordnung)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Testudines (Ordnung)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cryptodira (Unterordnung)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pantestudinoidea (Klade)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Testudinoidea (Überfamilie)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Testudinidae (Familie)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hesperotestudo (Gattung)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) angusticeps (Art)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia (Art)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni (Art)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hesperotestudo bermudae (Art)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hesperotestudo crassiscutata (Art)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hesperotestudo ducateli (Art)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hesperotestudo gilbertii (Art)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hesperotestudo orthopygia (Art)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hesperotestudo osborniana (Art)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hesperotestudo turgida (Art)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hesperotestudo williamsi (Art)

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References by PBDB, License: CC BY

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  • P. A. Meylan, 2000 - Hesperotestudo (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Pleistocene of Bermuda, with comments on the phylogenetic position of the genus - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (128), 51-76 (journal article, English)
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