Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Full reference: L. Fitzinger. 1835. Entwurf einer systematischen Anordnung der Schildkröten nach den Grundsätzen der natürlichen Methode. Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte 1:104-128
Parent taxon: Geochelonini according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2022
Sister taxon: Titanochelon
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (10 collections), the Bahamas (5), Bolivia (1), Brazil (8), Cape Verde (1), Colombia (1), Cuba (5), the Dominican Republic (9), Ecuador (1), Paraguay (1), Peru (1), Puerto Rico (3), Turks and Caicos Islands (2)
• Pliocene of Argentina (8), Venezuela (1)
• Huayquerian of Brazil (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (79), Bolivia (1), Brazil (2), Colombia (4)
• Deseadan of Bolivia (1)
Total: 145 collections including 149 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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