Hesperotestudo Williams 1950 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Alternative spellings: Geochelone (Hesperotestudo), Testudo (Hesperotestudo)

Synonyms: Caudochelys Auffenberg 1963, Geochelone (Caudochelys) Auffenberg 1963

Parent taxon: Xerobatinae according to R. E. Weems 2023

See also Auffenberg 1962, Auffenberg 1963, Auffenberg 1971, Cisneros 2005, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Hutchison 1992, Hutchison 1996, May 2019, Meylan and Sterrer 2000, Milstead 1956, Parris and Daeschler 1995, Vlachos 2018, Vlachos and Rabi 2018 and Williams 1953

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Eupachemys Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) angusticeps Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni Hesperotestudo bermudae Hesperotestudo crassiscutata Hesperotestudo ducateli Hesperotestudo gilbertii Hesperotestudo harrisi Hesperotestudo orthopygia Hesperotestudo osborniana Hesperotestudo turgida Hesperotestudo williamsi Testudo tedwhitei

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), Mexico (1), United States (32: California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas)

• Blancan of El Salvador (1), Mexico (1), United States (10: Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California, Nebraska)

• Pliocene of United States (3: California, Kansas, Texas)

• Hemphillian of United States (9: Florida, Indiana, Montana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas)

• Miocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Texas)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (7: California, Kansas, Oklahoma)

• Miocene of Canada (1: Yukon), United States (28: California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska)

• Arikareean of United States (1: South Dakota)

• Oligocene of United States (2: South Dakota, Virginia)

• Eocene of United States (2: Utah)

Total: 104 collections including 111 occurrences

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