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Taxon: Species †Testudo hexagonata Cope, 1893 (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Cope, 1893, nom. van.

Attributes

Nomen vanum (nom. dub.) [Mones, 1989: 232 ("nom. nud.": poor type specimen)] Ref: R. Franz, 2014. In D.C. Rostal, E.D. McCoy & H.R. Mushinsky (eds.), Biology and Conservation of North American Tortoises. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore: 20 (Reynoso & Montellano-Ballesteros, 2004: "nomem vanum"). [implicit]

Combinations

Subsequent combination: †Gopherus hexagonatus (Cope, 1893) Ref: R. Franz, 2014: 20. [implicit]

Synonyms

Senior subjective synonym: †Gopherus laticaudatus (Cope, 1893) Ref: 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. & van Dijk, P.P.], 2015: 000e.31-000e.32 (Preston, 1979).
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