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Deirochelyinae

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Deirochelyinae Agassiz
2002Deirochelyinae Holman p. 440
2008Deirochelyinae Parham et al.
2011Deirochelyinae Ehret and Bourque p. 578
2014Deirochelyinae van Dijk et al.
2023Deirochelyinae Weems

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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
familyEmydidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyDeirochelyinaeAgassiz 1857
subfamilyDeirochelyinaeAgassiz 1857

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.

Subfm. Deirochelyinae Agassiz 1857
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G. Chrysemys Gray 1844 [painted turtle]
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Subg. †Chrysemys (Pseudemys) Gray 1856
†Chrysemys corniculata Jasinski 2022
Chrysemys dorsalis Agassiz 1857 [Southern painted turtle]
†Chrysemys index Chkhikvadze 1971
†Chrysemys isoni Weems and George 2001
†Chrysemys lachati Sauvage 1873
†Chrysemys lavrovi Kuznetsov and Chkhikvadze 1977
Chrysemys picta Schneider 1783 [painted turtle]
†Chrysemys platymarginata Weaver and Robertson 1967
†Chrysemys sculptata de Stefano 1902
†Chrysemys timida Hay 1908
Invalid names: Baicalemys Ivaniev and Khosatzky 1977 [synonym]
G. Deirochelys Agassiz 1857 [chicken turtle]
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†Deirochelys carri Jackson 1978
Deirochelys reticularia Latreille 1801 [Chicken turtle]
G. Graptemys Agassiz 1857 [map turtle]
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Graptemys barbouri Carr and Marchand 1942 [Barbour's map turtle]
Graptemys caglei Haynes and McKown 1974 [Cagles map turtle]
Graptemys ernsti Lovich and McCoy 1992 [Escambia map turtle]
Graptemys flavimaculata Cagle 1954 [Yellow-blotched map turtle]
Graptemys geographica Le Sueur 1817 [common map turtle]
Graptemys gibbonsi Lovich and McCoy 1992 [Pascagoula map turtle]
†Graptemys kerneri Ehret and Bourque 2011
Graptemys kohni Baur 1890 [Mississippi map turtle]
Graptemys nigrinoda Cagle 1954 [Black-knobbed map turtle]
Graptemys oculifera Baur 1890 [Ringed map turtle]
Graptemys ouachitensis Cagle 1953 [Ouachita map turtle]
Graptemys pearlensis Ennen et al. 2010 [Pearl River map turtle]
Graptemys pulchra Baur 1893 [Alabama map turtle]
Graptemys sabinensis Cagle 1953 [Sabine map turtle]
Graptemys versa Stejneger 1925 [Texas map turtle]
†Graptemys yamashitai Urata 1968
G. Malaclemys Gray 1844 [diamondback terrapin]
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Malaclemys terrapin Schoepff 1793 [diamondback terrapin]
G. Trachemys Agassiz 1857 [slider]
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Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini 1995
†Trachemys antiqua Clark 1937
Trachemys decorata Barbour and Carr 1940 [Hispaniolan slider]
Trachemys decussata Gray 1831 [North Antillean slider]
Trachemys dorbigni Dumeril and Bibron 1835
Trachemys emolli Legler 1990 [Nicaraguan slider]
Trachemys gaigeae Hartweg 1939 [Big Bend slider]
Trachemys grayi Bocourt 1868 [Gray's slider]
†Trachemys haugrudi Jasinski 2018
†Trachemys inflata Weaver and Robertson 1967
Trachemys nebulosa Van Denburgh 1895 [Baja California slider]
Trachemys ornata Gray 1830 [Ornate slider]
Trachemys scripta Schoepff 1792 [slider]
†Trachemys sculpta Hay 1908
Trachemys stejnegeri Schmidt 1928 [Central Antillean slider]
Trachemys taylori Legler 1960 [Cuatro Cienegas slider]
Trachemys terrapen Lacépède 1788 [Jamaican slider]
Trachemys venusta Gray 1856 [MesoAmerican slider]
Trachemys yaquia Legler and Webb 1970 [Yaqui slider]
Invalid names: Callichelys Gray 1863 [synonym], Redamia Gray 1870 [synonym], Trachemys jarmani Hay 1908 [nomen dubium], Trachemys trulla Hay 1908 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:20:16
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:20:16
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Chrysemys sculptata (178051)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Trachemys antiqua (16938)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (South Dakota) Graptemys sp. (17094)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Kazakhstan Chrysemys lavrovi (200124)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Virginia) Trachemys sp., Chrysemys isoni (167203)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Baicalemys gracilis (43647)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Chrysemys sp. (18579)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) Deirochelyinae indet. (18561)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Chrysemys picta (18442) Chrysemys sp. (18141 27507) Emydoidea hutchisoni (18357 18412 70128) Graptemys sp., Emydoidea hutchisoni (18284)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Chrysemys isoni (70819)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Chrysemys sp. (18324 188779) Emydoidea hutchisoni (18092)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) Trachemys sp. (18623)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Deirochelys carri (18554)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Florida) Deirochelys sp. (18541)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Deirochelys carri (221449) Trachemys inflata, Chrysemys isoni (219172)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Canada (Yukon) Chrysemys sp. (206138)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Mexico (San Luis Potosí) Trachemys sp. (173691)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Chrysemys inflata (18556) Deirochelys sp. (18563) Pseudemys inflata, Pseudemys scripta (18601) Trachemys sp. (18564)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Chrysemys inflata (18573)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Chrysemys picta (18359) Trachemys inflata, Chrysemys picta (18126)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) Chrysemys sp., Trachemys sp., Trachemys sp. (26574)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Indiana) Chrysemys picta, Trachemys scripta (18320)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Virginia) Graptemys sp. (58986)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Chrysemys sp. (52582)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Hidalgo) Trachemys sp. (20079)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Chrysemys platymarginata (19752) Trachemys platymarginata (113275)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Chrysemys picta (27572) Graptemys sp., Chrysemys picta (19954)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Graptemys barbouri (19758)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Chrysemys scripta, Chrysemys floridana (65405)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Trachemys trulla (190996)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Malaclemys terrapin, Deirochelys reticularia (227368) Trachemys platymarginata, Trachemys sp. A, Trachemys sp. B, Trachemys scripta (206227)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Chrysemys picta, Pseudemys scripta (20422) Chrysemys scripta, Chrysemys picta (20293) Graptemys geographica, Pseudemys scripta (20390)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Chrysemys picta (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Graptemys barbouri (20520) Trachemys scripta (20400 58089)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Chrysemys sp. (20389)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129USA (Mississippi) Graptemys sp. (164395)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Graptemys kerneri (195098) Trachemys scripta (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Fé) Trachemys sp. (190806)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Corrientes) Trachemys dorbigni (187628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Panama (Herrera) Trachemys sp. (195193)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Chrysemys sp. (200623) Graptemys pseudogeographica (200624)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Trachemys scripta (230753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Graptemys geographica (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Chrysemys nelsoni, Chrysemys floridana (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nealtican) Trachemys sp. (198281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Graptemys kerneri (195099)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Panama (Herrera) Trachemys sp. (195192)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Malaclemys terrapin (150577) Malaclemys terrapin, Graptemys kerneri (150575) Pseudemys scripta, Deirochelys reticularia (154805) Trachemys sculpta (34269) Trachemys sculpta, Trachemys jarmani (154804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Trachemys sp. (151520)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Malaclemys terrapin (150574)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Graptemys geographica, Chrysemys picta (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Malaclemys terrapin (150288)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Deirochelys reticularia (20604) Trachemys scripta, Deirochelys reticularia (20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Cordoba) Trachemys sp. (191130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Entre Rios) Trachemys scripta (189524)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Michigan) Graptemys pseudogeographica (63700)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Graptemys geographica, Chrysemys picta (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bermuda Malaclemys terrapin (90684)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Malaclemys terrapin, Deirochelys reticularia (227371)