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Titanochelon âśť

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8971028https://www.gbif.org/species/8971028
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)347874https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=347874
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Titanochelon
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
genusTitanochelonPĂ©rez-GarcĂ­a & Vlachos 2014
Scientific NameTitanochelon PĂ©rez-GarcĂ­a & Vlachos, 2014
Name Published InPérez-García, Adán & Evangelos Vlachos. 2014. New generic proposal for the European Neogene large testudinids (Cryptodira) and the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the medium and large representatives of the European Cenozoic record. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172(3): 653-719.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Titanochelongenusbelongs to Testudinidaestated with evidencePĂ©rez-GarcĂ­a and Vlachos, 2014
Titanochelongenusbelongs to Testudinidaestated without evidencePĂ©rez-GarcĂ­a et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
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)A. PĂ©rez-GarcĂ­a and E. Vlachos. 2014. New generic proposal for the European Neogene large testudinids (Cryptodira) and the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the medium and large representatives of the European Cenozoic record. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172:653-719

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Testudo gymnesicus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Testudo perpiniana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Titanochelon bacharidisi âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
55.33 Ma
Miocene
5.33 Ma
Miocene
Titanochelon bolivari âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2323.0 Ma
Miocene
11.6 Ma
Miocene
Titanochelon gymnesica âśť
species
listed (PBDB)23.60 Ma
Pliocene
2.59 Ma
Pleistocene
Titanochelon perpiniana âśť
species
listed (PBDB)35.33 Ma
Miocene
5.33 Ma
Miocene
Titanochelon schafferi âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
111.6 Ma
Miocene
11.6 Ma
Miocene
Titanochelon vitodurana âśť
species
listed (PBDB)320.0 Ma
Miocene
13.8 Ma
Miocene

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Testudo robustissima Tagliaferro, 1913GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Titanochelon : Testudo robustissima

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1877Testudo robusta Leith-Adams p. 73
1877Testudo spratti Leith-Adams p. 186
1889Testudo robusta Lydekker p. 73
1889Testudo spratti Lydekker p. 74
1913Testudo robustissima Tagliaferro
2014Titanochelon PĂ©rez-GarcĂ­a and Vlachos
2017Titanochelon PĂ©rez-GarcĂ­a et al.

References

PĂ©rez-GarcĂ­a A., Vlachos E. (2014) New generic proposal for the European Neogene large testudinids (Cryptodira) and the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the medium and large representatives of the European Cenozoic record, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172, 653-719 doi:10.1111/zoj.12183
Lydekker R. , Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. The Order Chelonia, 1-239
Tagliaferro N. (1913) On the occurrence of a new gigantic land tortoise on the 9th April, 1913, at Coradino, Malta, Archivo Melitense 2, 76-79
PĂ©rez-GarcĂ­a A., Vlachos E., et al (2017) The westernmost records of extinct large European tortoises: the presence of Titanochelon (Testudinidae) in the Miocene of Portugal, Historical Biology 29 6, 854-861 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2016.1261134
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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