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Platysternon (big-headed turtle)
Taxonomy
Platysternon was named by Gray (1831). It is extant.
It was assigned to Platysterninae by Nopcsa (1928); to Durocryptodira by Danilov and Parham (2008); to Testudines by Anquetin et al. (2009); and to Platysternidae by Whetstone (1978), Frank and Ramus (1996), Joyce et al. (2004), van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Platysterninae by Nopcsa (1928); to Durocryptodira by Danilov and Parham (2008); to Testudines by Anquetin et al. (2009); and to Platysternidae by Whetstone (1978), Frank and Ramus (1996), Joyce et al. (2004), van Dijk et al. (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1831 | Platysternon Gray |
| 1928 | Platysternum Nopcsa p. 167 |
| 1978 | Platysternon Whetstone p. 161 |
| 1996 | Platysternon Frank and Ramus |
| 2004 | Platysternon Joyce et al. |
| 2008 | Platysternon Danilov and Parham |
| 2009 | Platysternon Anquetin et al. |
| 2014 | Platysternon van Dijk et al. |
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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.
G. Platysternon Gray 1831 [big-headed turtle]
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Platysternon megacephalum Danilov and Parham 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available