Aldabrachelys abrupta

Aldabrachelys abrupta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Aldabrachelys
Species: †Aldabrachelys abrupta

Name

• Aldabrachelys abrupta (Grandidier 1868:377) sec Fritz & Havas 2007:265
  • Lectotype: MNHN-P MAD3500 (Bour, 1994)
  • Type locality: Ambolisatra, Madagascar, Late Holocene, 14C age: 750 ± 370 ybp, 1200 AD ± 370 (830–1570 AD), calibrated age: 1358–55 ybp (592–1895 AD)

Synonymy

• Testudo abrupta Grandidier 1868:377
  • Geochelone abrupta Pritchard 1967:172
  • Asterochelys abrupta Bour 1980:544
  • Dipsochelys abrupta Bour 1982:118
  • Aldabrachelys abrupta Fritz & Havas 2007:265

References

• Grandidier, A. 1868. Sur les découvertes zoologiques faites récemment à Madagascar. Ann. Sc. Nat. Zool. Paris 10:375-378
• Bour,R. 1980. Essai sur la taxinomie des Testudinidae actuels (Reptilia, Chelonii). Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat. Paris (4)2(2):541-546
• Fritz, U. & Havaš, P. 2007. Checklist of chelonians of the World. Vertebrate zoology 57: 149–368. PDF Reference page. 
• Turtle Extinctions Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Thomson, S., Georgalis, G., Karl, H.-V., Danilov, I.G., Takahashi, A., de la Fuente, M.S., Bourque, J.R., Delfino, M., Bour, R., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2015. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs. 5(8):000e.1–66. Download