IRMNG - Geochelone Fitzinger, 1835

IRMNG taxon details

Geochelone Fitzinger, 1835

IRMNG_ID

1014520 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1014520)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Testudinidae Gray, 1825

Synonymised names

Colossochelys Falconer & Cautley, 1844 † · unaccepted

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Species Geochelone carbonaria Spix, 1824
Species Geochelone chilensis Gray, 1870
Species Geochelone denticulata Linnaeus, 1766
Species Geochelone elegans Schoepff, 1795
Species Geochelone nigra Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Species Geochelone pardalis Bell, 1828
Species Geochelone platynota Blyth, 1863
Species Geochelone radiata Shaw, 1802
Species Geochelone sulcata Miller, 1779
Species Geochelone yniphora Vaillant, 1885
Species Geochelone abingdoni Valverde, 2004 accepted as Geochelone nigra Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Species Geochelone abrupta Pritchard, 1967 accepted as Dipsochelys abrupta Grandidier, 1868
Species Geochelone boiei Fitzinger, 1835 accepted as Geochelone carbonaria Spix, 1824
Species Geochelone elephantopus Ernst & Barbour, 1989 accepted as Geochelone nigra Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Species Geochelone elongata Alderton, 1988 accepted as Indotestudo elongata Blyth, 1854
Species Geochelone elongata Pritchard, 1979 accepted as Indotestudo elongata Blyth, 1854
Species Geochelone emys Pritchard, 1967 accepted as Manouria emys Schlegel & Müller, 1844
Species Geochelone emys Alderton, 1988 accepted as Manouria emys Schlegel & Müller, 1844
Species Geochelone forsteni Pritchard, 1967 accepted as Indotestudo forstenii Schlegel & Müller, 1844
Species Geochelone gigantea Valverde, 2004 accepted as Dipsochelys dussumieri Gray, 1831
Species Geochelone grandidieri Loveridge & Williams, 1957 accepted as Dipsochelys grandidieri Vaillant, 1885
Species Geochelone impressa Alderton, 1988 accepted as Manouria impressa Günther, 1882
Species Geochelone nutapundi Nutaphand, 1979 accepted as Manouria emys Schlegel & Müller, 1844
Species Geochelone petersi Freiberg, 1973 accepted as Geochelone chilensis Gray, 1870
Species Geochelone porteri Ernst & Barbour, 1989 accepted as Geochelone nigra Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Species Geochelone tabulata Fitzinger, 1835 accepted as Geochelone carbonaria Spix, 1824
Species Geochelone travancorica Pritchard, 1967 accepted as Indotestudo travancorica Boulenger, 1907
Species Geochelone travancorica Alderton, 1988 accepted as Indotestudo travancorica Boulenger, 1907
Species Geochelone vandenburghi Ernst & Barbour, 1989 accepted as Geochelone nigra Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Species Geochelone vicina Ernst & Barbour, 1989 accepted as Geochelone nigra Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Ann. Wiener Mus., 1, 108
page(s): 111 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Geochelone Fitzinger, 1835. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1014520 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (8)

original description Ann. Wiener Mus., 1, 108
page(s): 111 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Colossochelys Falconer & Cautley, 1844 †) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 12, 54
page(s): 84 [details]