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Floridemys

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4965299https://www.gbif.org/species/4965299
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)37745https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37745
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Floridemys
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
-PantestudinidaeJoyce et al. 2004
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
genusFloridemysWilliams 1950
Scientific NameFloridemys Williams, 1950
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Floridemysgenusbelongs to Testudinidaestated with evidenceAuffenberg, 1963
Floridemysgenusbelongs to TestudinidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Floridemysgenusbelongs to Testudinidaestated with evidenceVlachos, 2018
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance33.3 - 30.8 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Testudinidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore, herbivore (based on Testudinidae)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Testudinidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Floridemys nana
species
listed (PBDB)111.6 Ma
Miocene
11.6 Ma
Miocene
Floridemys nanus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1916Bystra Hay
1950Floridemys Williams
1963Floridemys Auffenberg p. 83
1988Floridemys Carroll
2018Floridemys Vlachos

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Hay O. P. (1916) Descriptions of some Floridian fossil vertebrates, belonging mostly to the Pleistocene, Annual Report of the Florida State Geological Survey 8, 39-76
Auffenberg W. (1963) Fossil testudinine turtles of Florida: genera. Geochelone and Floridemys, Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7 2, 53-97
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
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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