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Deirochelyinae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)96478https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=96478
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Emydidae : Deirochelyinae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
-Testudinata
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodiraCope 1868
-PantestudinoideaJoyce et al. 2004
superfamilyTestudinoideaGray 1825
-PanemydidaeJoyce et al. 2004
familyEmydidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyDeirochelyinaeAgassiz 1857
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Deirochelyinaesubfamilybelongs to Emydidaestated without evidenceHolman, 2002
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Environmentfreshwater (based on Emydidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Emydidae)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Emydidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. A. Holman. 2002. Additional specimens of the Miocene turtle Emydoidea hutchisoni Holman 1995: new temporal occurrences, taxonomic characters, and phylogenetic inferences. Journal of Herpetology 36(3):436-446

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Malaclemys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Diamondback Terrapin50.13 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1857Deirochelyinae Agassiz
2002Deirochelyinae Holman p. 440
2008Deirochelyinae Parham et al.
2011Deirochelyinae Ehret and Bourque p. 578
2014Deirochelyinae van Dijk et al.

References

Holman J. A. (2002) Additional specimens of the Miocene turtle Emydoidea hutchisoni Holman 1995: new temporal occurrences, taxonomic characters, and phylogenetic inferences, Journal of Herpetology 36 3, 436-446
Parham J. F., Outerbirdge M. E., et al (2008) Introduced delicacy or native species? A natural origin of Bermudian terrapins supported by fossil and genetic data, Biology Letters 2008 4, 216-219 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0599
Ehret D. J., Bourque J. R. (2011) An extinct map turtle Graptemys (Testudines, Emydidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Florida, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 3, 575-587
van Dijk P. P., Iverson J. B., et al (2014) Turtles of the World, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status, Chelonian Research Monographs 5, 329-479
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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