Geoemydidae

The Geoemydidae are one of the largest and most diverse families in the order Testudines (turtles), with about 70 species. The family includes the Eurasian pond and river turtles and Neotropical wood turtles.

Geoemydidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TestudinoideaPBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB, for Cryptodira
Life habit
aquaticPBDB, for Cryptodira
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
freshwaterPBDB, for Cryptodira

Time the record covers

At least 51 million years on record.

The record covers at least 51.1 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 0 Mya.

Paleocene — about 0 of 594 occurrencesEocene — about 228 of 594 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 27 of 594 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 194 of 594 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 45 of 594 occurrencesPleistocene — about 64 of 594 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 7 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 17 occurrences53–51 Mya — about 17 occurrences51–50 Mya — about 30 occurrences50–48 Mya — about 33 occurrences48–46 Mya — about 33 occurrences46–44 Mya — about 23 occurrences44–42 Mya — about 23 occurrences42–40 Mya — about 21 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 6 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 7 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 10 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 5 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 4 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 4 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 5 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 6 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 7 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 14 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 19 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 22 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 33 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 33 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 21 occurrences11–9.5 Mya — about 17 occurrences9.5–7.6 Mya — about 18 occurrences7.6–5.7 Mya — about 14 occurrences5.7–3.8 Mya — about 20 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 39 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 88 occurrences51.1 Mya11.7 ka57 Mya0 Mya

594 occurrences of Geoemydidae on record, most of them in the Eocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

594 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

81 formations

Bridger — 41.13°N, 110.13°WBridger — 41.80°N, 110.70°WBridger — 41.28°N, 110.23°WBridger — 41.22°N, 109.72°WBridger — 41.20°N, 110.50°WBridger — 41.70°N, 109.00°WBridger — 41.07°N, 110.00°WBridger — 41.20°N, 110.10°WBridger — 41.08°N, 110.30°WBridger — 41.32°N, 110.38°WUinta — 40.10°N, 109.23°WUinta — 40.15°N, 109.25°WUinta — 40.37°N, 109.64°WUinta — 40.04°N, 109.28°WUinta — 40.04°N, 109.66°WUinta — 40.16°N, 109.32°WUinta — 40.20°N, 109.90°WSan Jose — 35.70°N, 107.00°WSan Jose — 35.20°N, 106.60°WTudela — 42.07°N, 1.61°WTudela — 42.12°N, 1.51°WPinjor — 30.73°N, 76.78°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.15°N, 9.88°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.44°N, 11.04°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.66°N, 10.23°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.09°N, 10.03°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.63°N, 11.80°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.57°N, 12.00°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 47.92°N, 10.59°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.16°N, 10.11°EWillwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.64°N, 108.53°WWillwood — 44.61°N, 108.33°WWillwood — 44.56°N, 108.70°WWillwood — 44.64°N, 108.86°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 43.92°N, 108.66°WBaynunah — 23.10°N, 52.53°EBaynunah — 24.18°N, 52.57°EBaynunah — 24.12°N, 53.01°EBaynunah — 24.08°N, 53.44°EBaynunah — 24.12°N, 52.78°EBaynunah — 24.11°N, 52.44°EBaynunah — 24.00°N, 52.33°EChadron — 43.60°N, 102.45°WChadron — 43.92°N, 102.58°WChadron — 42.40°N, 103.80°WChadron — 43.30°N, 102.50°WChadron — 42.79°N, 103.50°WGreen River — 41.80°N, 110.70°WGreen River — 40.20°N, 109.90°WWasatch — 42.37°N, 108.91°WWasatch — 41.80°N, 110.70°WWasatch — 41.20°N, 110.50°WWasatch — 42.07°N, 109.10°WBrackwater Molasse — 48.35°N, 9.86°EBrackwater Molasse — 48.48°N, 10.10°ESables de l'Orleanais — 48.05°N, 1.89°ESables de l'Orleanais — 48.06°N, 2.07°ESables de l'Orleanais — 47.49°N, 1.33°ESables de l'Orleanais — 48.06°N, 2.05°ETransitional facies between the Najera and Haro — 42.47°N, 2.56°WTransitional facies between the Najera and Haro — 42.43°N, 2.48°WPinjor — 30.77°N, 76.88°EPinjor — 28.82°N, 79.09°EPinjor — 27.56°N, 80.73°EVille — 50.90°N, 6.45°EWashakie — 40.60°N, 108.10°W"Brian Head" — 37.80°N, 111.50°WCucaracha — 9.03°N, 79.64°WYouganwo — 21.70°N, 110.88°ECórcoles — 40.47°N, 2.68°WHuerfano — 37.80°N, 105.10°WLignites de Soissonais — 49.05°N, 4.00°ELignites de Soissonais — 49.08°N, 4.03°EOlesa-Les Fonts alluvial system — 41.54°N, 2.06°E

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The named rock units Geoemydidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 57 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 268 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Geoemydidae and its relatives

Eocene

Where Geoemydidae and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

2,157 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 462 sites for Geoemydidae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

190 references

Each of the 594 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 178 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Geoemydidae

Credit
Tornadohalt
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Theobald 1868)