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Gopherus polyphemus (Florida gopher tortoise)

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Testudo polyphemus was named by Daudin (1802). It is extant. It is the type species of Gopherus.

It was recombined as Gopherus (Gopherus) polyphemus by Hutchison (1996); it was recombined as Gopherus polyphemus by Hay (1930), Brattstrom (1961), Bramble (1982), Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros (2004), van Dijk et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Gopherus polyphemus Hay p. 101
1961Gopherus polyphemus Brattstrom p. 551
1982Gopherus polyphemus Bramble p. 854
1996Gopherus (Gopherus) polyphemus Hutchison p. 350
2004Gopherus polyphemus Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros p. 824
2014Gopherus polyphemus van Dijk et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
genusGopherusRafinesque 1832
speciespolyphemus(Daudin 1802)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Gopherus polyphemus Daudin 1802 [Florida gopher tortoise]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 07:16:55
Modified: 2005-09-09 16:16:46
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Gopherus polyphemus (98317 101742)
Blancan (interglacial)4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Gopherus polyphemus (98315)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Gopherus polyphemus (20384)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Gopherus polyphemus (77590) Gopherus sp. (65405)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Gopherus polyphemus (206227 227368)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Gopherus polyphemus (20289 20351 20385 20400 20524 26550)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Gopherus polyphemus (20398 20440 20491 195112 195113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Gopherus polyphemus (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Mississippi) Gopherus polyphemus (164396)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Gopherus polyphemus (20638 34269 154805 195110 195111)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Gopherus polyphemus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Gopherus polyphemus (20594 20650)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Gopherus polyphemus (100349)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Gopherus polyphemus (100344 100346 100347 122303)