Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combination: Xerobates orthopygius
Synonyms: Geochelone (Caudochelys) rexroadensis Oelrich 1952, Geochelone nordensis Holman 1973, Testudo cyclopygia Cope 1878, Testudo rexroadensis Oelrich 1952, Xerobates cyclopygius Cope 1878
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. Descriptions of new extinct Vertebrata from the Upper Tertiary and Dakota Formations. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(2):379-396
Belongs to Hesperotestudo according to E. Vlachos 2018
See also Auffenberg 1962, Auffenberg 1963, Cope 1878, Estes and Tihen 1964, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Holman 1973, Holman and Sullivan 1981 and Williams 1953
Sister taxa: Eupachemys, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) angusticeps, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni, Hesperotestudo bermudae, Hesperotestudo crassiscutata, Hesperotestudo ducateli, Hesperotestudo gilbertii, Hesperotestudo harrisi, Hesperotestudo osborniana, Hesperotestudo turgida, Hesperotestudo williamsi, Testudo tedwhitei
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (2: Kansas collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (5: California)
• Miocene of United States (4: Nebraska)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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