| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Gopherus : Gopherus depressus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Gopherus : Gopherus depressus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Gopherus |
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| Scientific Name | Gopherus depressus Brattstrom, 1961 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Gopherus depressus | species | belongs to Gopherus | stated with evidence | Brattstrom, 1961 | | Gopherus depressus | species | subjective synonym of Scaptochelys mohavense | stated with evidence | Bramble, 1982 | | Gopherus depressus | species | belongs to Gopherus | 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 | 20.4 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 13.6 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) | B. H. Brattstrom. 1961. Some new fossil tortoises from western North America with remarks on the zoogeography and paleoecology of tortoises. Journal of Paleontology 35(3):543-560 |
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| Brattstrom B. H. (1961) Some new fossil tortoises from western North America with remarks on the zoogeography and paleoecology of tortoises, Journal of Paleontology 35 3, 543-560 |
| Des Lauriers J. R. (1965) A new Miocene tortoise from southern California, Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 64, 1-10 |
| Bramble D. M. (1982) Scaptochelys: generic revision and evolution of gopher tortoises, Copeia 1982 4, 852-867 |
| 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 |
Gopherus depressus ✝
