Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Full reference: P. Meylan and W. Auffenberg. 1986. New land tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Miocene of Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 86:279-307
Belongs to Geochelone according to P. Meylan and W. Auffenberg 1986
Sister taxa: Geochelone (Asterochelys), Geochelone (Chelonoidis), Geochelone (Geochelone), Geochelone carbonaria, Geochelone chilensis, Geochelone costaricensis, Geochelone demissa, Geochelone elegans, Geochelone elephantopus, Geochelone gigantea, Geochelone kalganensis, Geochelone laetoliensis, Geochelone nigra, Geochelone oskarkuhni, Geochelone pardalis, Geochelone platynota, Geochelone radiata, Geochelone sulcata, Geochelone travancorica, Geochelone yniphora
Type specimen: SAM-L-13721, a partial shell. Its type locality is Lang. E Quarry-Pel.Phos.Mbr., which is in a Miocene/Pliocene coastal sandstone in the Varswater Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Lang. E Quarry-Pel.Phos.Mbr.
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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