Hesperotestudo crassiscutata Leidy 1889 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Alternative combinations: Geochelone (Caudochelys) crassiscutata, Geochelone crassiscutata, Testudo crassiscutata

Synonyms: Geochelone sellardsi Hay 1916, Testudo (Hesperotestudo) sellardsi Hay 1916, Testudo sellardsi Hay 1916

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1889. Description of vertebrate remains from Peace Creek, Florida. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 2:19-31

Belongs to Hesperotestudo according to E. Vlachos and M. Rabi 2018

See also Auffenberg 1963, Cisneros 2005, Hay 1902, Hay 1916, Hay 1930, Holman 1985, Ray 1957, Vlachos 2018 and Williams 1953

Sister taxa: Eupachemys, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) angusticeps, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni, Hesperotestudo bermudae, Hesperotestudo ducateli, Hesperotestudo gilbertii, Hesperotestudo harrisi, Hesperotestudo orthopygia, Hesperotestudo osborniana, Hesperotestudo turgida, Hesperotestudo williamsi, Testudo tedwhitei

Type specimens:

  • Hesperotestudo crassiscutata: USNM 983, a partial skeleton (partial plastron, left femur, and left tibia). Its type locality is Pitts Bridge, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in Texas.
  • Testudo sellardsi: USNM 8817 (holotype), a partial shell (left xiphiplastron). Its type locality is Vero, which is in a Pleistocene channel sandstone/sandstone in Florida.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (17: Florida, Mississippi, Texas collections)

• Blancan of El Salvador (1)

• Miocene of United States (1: Texas)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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