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Hesperotestudo

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Cryptodira

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Turtle

Class
  
Sauropsida

Family
  
Testudinidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Hesperotestudo ("Western turtle") is an extinct genus of tortoise that lived from the Miocene to the Pleistocene. Its remains are known from North America, Central America and Bermuda. Further specimens identifiable only to genus have been found in El Salvadore (TEWG, 2015).

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Taxonomy

Species list is based on Rhodin et al. 2015

† Hesperotestudo Williams 1950

  • Eupachemys Leidy 1877 (nomen oblitum)
  • Hesperotestudo Williams 1950:25
  • Caudochelys Auffenberg 1963:69

    • Hesperotestudo annae (Hay 1923)

  • Testudo annae Hay 1923:114 (Early Pleistocene, Irvingtonian, USA (Texas))
  • Testudo francisi Hay 1923:116 [Early Pleistocene, USA (Texas)]

    • Hesperotestudo bermudae Meylan and Sterrer 2000

  • Hesperotestudo bermudae Meylan and Sterrer 2000:51 [Middle Pleistocene, Bermuda], c. 310,000 years before present (YBP) - Size: CL c. 50 cm

    • Hesperotestudo campester (Hay 1908)

  • Testudo campester Hay 1908:455 [Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene, Blancan, USA (Texas)] - Size: CL c. > 100 cm
  • Testudo rexroadensis Oelrich 1952:301 [Late Pliocene, Early Blancan, USA (Kansas)]

    • Hesperotestudo crassiscutata (Leidy 1889)

  • Eupachemys obtusus Leidy 1877:232 (Pleistocene, USA (South Carolina)) (nomen oblitum) - Size: CL c. 120–125 cm
  • Eupachemys rugosus Leidy 1889:29 (Late Pleistocene– Early Holocene, Rancholabrean, USA (Florida)) (ex errore for Eupachemys obtusus)
  • Testudo crassiscutata Leidy 1889b:31 [Late Pleistocene– Early Holocene, Rancholabrean, USA (Florida)], 14C age: 12,030 ± 200 YBP, calibrated age*: 12,896–11,465 YBP (10,946 BC–9515 BC)
  • Testudo ocalana Hay 1916:45 (Late Pleistocene, USA (Florida))
  • Testudo distans Hay 1916:48 (Late Pleistocene, USA (Florida))
  • Testudo sellardsi Hay 1916:49 (Late Pleistocene, USA (Florida))
  • Testudo luciae Hay 1916:52 (Late Pleistocene, USA (Florida))

    • Hesperotestudo equicomes (Hay 1917)

  • Testudo equicomes Hay 1917:41 (Late Pleistocene, Rancholabrean, Sangamonian, USA (Kansas)) - Size: CL c. 34 cm

    • Hesperotestudo incisa (Hay 1916)

  • Testudo incisa Hay 1916:46 (Late Pleistocene, Rancholabrean, Sangamonian, USA (Florida)) - Size: CL c. 29 cm

    • Hesperotestudo johnstoni (Auffenberg 1962)

  • Geochelone johnstoni Auffenberg 1962:627 (Early Pleistocene, Late Blancan, Pre-Nebraskan glaciation, USA (Texas)) - Size: CL c. 24 cm

    • Hesperotestudo mlynarskii (Auffenberg 1988)

  • Geochelone mlynarskii Auffenberg 1988:592 (Middle Pleistocene, Late Irvingtonian, USA (Florida)) - Size: CL c. 20 cm

    • Hesperotestudo oelrichi (Holman 1972)

  • Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) oelrichi Holman 1972:59 (Pleistocene, Long Pine and Keim Formations, Pre-Nebraskan glaciation, USA (Nebraska)) - Size: CL c. 28 cm

    • Hesperotestudo percrassa (Cope 1899)

  • Clemmys percrassus Cope 1899:194 [Middle Pleistocene, Late Irvingtonian, USA (Pennsylvania: Port Kennedy)] - Size: “not large”

    • Hesperotestudo turgida (Cope 1892)

  • Testudo turgida Cope 1892:127 (Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene, Blancan, USA, Texas), (Early Pleistocene) - Size: CL c. 23 cm

    • Hesperotestudo wilsoni (Milstead 1956)

  • Testudo wilsoni Milstead 1956:168 (Late Pleistocene, Late Wisconsinan, USA (Texas)], 14C age: c. 11,040 YBP, 9090 BC,(Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene, until c. 9050 BC, c. 11,000 YBP) -

    • Size: CL c. 23 cm

    References

    Hesperotestudo Wikipedia
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