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Gopherus hexagonatus
(Cope, 1893)
(reptile)
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Entity:
Gopherus (Genus)
..[Gopherus agassizi] (Species)
..Gopherus agassizii (Species) - Mojave desert tortoise
..[†Gopherus atascosae] (Species)
..[†Gopherus auffenbergi] (Species)
..Gopherus berlandieri (Species) - Texas tortoise
..[†Gopherus brattstromi] (Species)
..†Gopherus brevisternus (Species)
..[†Gopherus canyonensis] (Species)
..[†Gopherus dehiscus] (Species)
..[†Gopherus depressus] (Species)
..†Gopherus donlaloi (Species)
..†Gopherus edae (Species)
..Gopherus evgoodei (Species)
..Gopherus flavomarginatus (Species) - Bolson tortoise
..[†Gopherus hollandi] (Species)
..[†Gopherus huecoensis] (Species)
..†Gopherus laticaudatus (Species)
..[†Gopherus laticuneus] (Species)
..[†Gopherus mohavense] (Species)
..†Gopherus mohavetus (Species)
..Gopherus morafkai (Species) - Sonoran desert tortoise
..[†Gopherus neglectus] (Species)
..†Gopherus pansus (Species)
..†Gopherus pargensis (Species)
..†Gopherus pertenuis (Species)
..Gopherus polyphemus (Species) - gopher tortoise
..[†Gopherus praecedens] (Species)
..†Gopherus vagus (Species)
..[†Gopherus hexagonatus] (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(Cope, 1893), nom. van.
Attributes
Nomen vanum (nom. dub.) [Mones, 1989: 232 ("nom. nud.": poor type specimen)]
Ref:
V.-H. Reynoso & M. Montellano-Ballesteros, 2004.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
24
(4)
: table 1 (p. 824).
Combinations
Basionym
:
†
Testudo hexagonata
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).
Synonymous name
:
†
Bysmachelys canyonensis
Johnston, 1937
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name
:
†
Gopherus huecoensis
Strain, 1966
Ref:
PBDB
: 22 Feb 2018.
Synonymous name
:
†
Testudo campester
Hay, 1908
Ref:
PBDB
: 23 Feb 2018.
Synonymous name
:
†
Testudo laticaudata
Cope, 1893
Ref:
R. Franz, 2014
: 20 (Auffenberg, 1974).
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