Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Synonym: Gopherus pargensis Mooser 1980

Full reference: O. Mooser. 1972. A new species of Pleistocene fossil tortoise, genus Gopherus, from Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México. Southwestern Naturalist 17:61-65

Belongs to Gopherus according to E. Vlachos 2018

See also Bramble 1982 and Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros 2004

Sister taxa: Gopherus (Gopherus), Gopherus (Oligopherus), Gopherus agassizii, Gopherus berlandieri, Gopherus brevisternus, Gopherus depressus, Gopherus donlaloi, Gopherus edae, Gopherus flavomarginatus, Gopherus hexagonatus, Gopherus laticuneus, Gopherus mohavensis, Gopherus morafkai, Gopherus polyphemus, Testudo milleri

Type specimens:

• Gopherus auffenbergi: FC 500 (temporary number), a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Cedazo, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in the Tacubaya Formation of Mexico.
• Gopherus pargensis: TMM 41536-29 (holotype), a partial shell (partial carapace). Its type locality is Cedazo, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in the Tacubaya Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cedazo

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