| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Emydidae : Emys : Emys marmorata |
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Classification
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| Common Name | western pond turtle |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Emys marmorata | species | belongs to Emys | stated with evidence | Baird and Girard, 1852 | | Emys marmorata | species | belongs to Actinemys | stated with evidence | Agassiz, 1857 | | Emys marmorata | species | belongs to Clemmys | stated with evidence | McDowell, 1964 | | Emys marmorata | species | belongs to Actinemys | stated with evidence | Holman and Fritz, 2001 | | Emys marmorata | species | belongs to Actinemys | stated without evidence | van Dijk et al., 2014 | | Emys marmorata | species | belongs to Emys | stated with evidence | Vlachos, 2018 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene |
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| Environment | freshwater (based on Emydidae) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | omnivore (based on Emydidae) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous (based on Emydidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. A. Holman and U. Fritz. 2001. A new emydine species from the Medial Miocene (Barstovian) of Nebraska, USA with a new generic arrangement for the species of Clemmys sensu McDowell (1964) (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen: Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 51(19):321-343 |
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| Holman J. A., Fritz U. (2001) A new emydine species from the Medial Miocene (Barstovian) of Nebraska, USA with a new generic arrangement for the species of Clemmys sensu McDowell (1964) (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae), Zoologische Abhandlungen: Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 51 19, 321-343 |
| Bickham J. W. (1975) A Cytosystematic Study of Turtles in the Genera Clemmys, Mauremys and Sacalia, Herpetologica 31 2, 198-204 |
| van Dijk P. P., Iverson J. B., et al (2014) Turtles of the World, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status, Chelonian Research Monographs 5, 329-479 |
| Vlachos E. (2018) A Review of the Fossil Record of North American Turtles of the Clade Pan-Testudinoidea, Bulletin of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 59 1, 3-94 |
Emys marmorata
