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Graptemys geographica (common map turtle)
Taxonomy
Testudo geographica was named by Le Sueur (1817) [not the original combination]. It is extant. It is the type species of Graptemys.
It was recombined as Graptemys geographica by Hay (1930), Wood (1946), Clarke (1953), Holman et al. (1990), van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Graptemys geographica by Hay (1930), Wood (1946), Clarke (1953), Holman et al. (1990), van Dijk et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1817 | Testudo geographica Le Sueur |
| 1930 | Graptemys geographica Hay p. 98 |
| 1946 | Graptemys geographica Wood p. 168 |
| 1953 | Graptemys geographica Clarke p. 438 |
| 1990 | Graptemys geographica Holman et al. p. 524 |
| 2014 | Graptemys geographica van Dijk et al. |
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Graptemys geographica Le Sueur 1817 [common map turtle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| carapace height | 11 | 43.0 | 33.3 | 67.2 | 40.6 | 9.69 |
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Graptemys geographica (20390) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Texas) | Graptemys geographica (93103) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Graptemys geographica (84181) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Graptemys geographica (224189) |