| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Testudo : Testudo ducateli |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Hesperotestudo : Testudo ducateli |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Testudo |
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| Scientific Name | Testudo ducateli (Collins & Lynn, 1936) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Hesperotestudo ducateli | species | belongs to Testudo | stated without evidence | Collins and Lynn, 1936 | | Hesperotestudo ducateli | species | belongs to Testudo (Hesperotestudo) | stated with evidence | Williams, 1953 | | Hesperotestudo ducateli | species | nomen dubium Testudinidae | stated with evidence | Auffenberg, 1963 | | Hesperotestudo ducateli | species | belongs to Geochelone | stated without evidence | Zug, 2001 | | Hesperotestudo ducateli | species | belongs to Hesperotestudo | stated with evidence | Vlachos, 2018 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Testudinidae) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | herbivore, herbivore (based on Testudinidae) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous (based on Testudinidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. L. Collins and W. G. Lynn. 1936. Fossil Turtles from Maryland. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 76(2):151-173 |
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| Collins R. L., Lynn W. G. (1936) Fossil Turtles from Maryland, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 76 2, 151-173 |
| Williams E. (1953) A new fossil tortoise from the Thomas Farm Miocene of Florida, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 107 11, 537-552 |
| Zug G. R. (2001) Turtles of the Lee Creek Mine (Pliocene: North Carolina), Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90, 203-218 |
| Vlachos E. (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 1, 3-94 |
Testudo ducateli ✝
