Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Parent taxon: Testudininae according to E. Vlachos and M. Rabi 2018
See also Danilov and Averianov 1997 and de la Fuente et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Agrionemys, Centrochelys, Cheirogaster, Geochelona, Geochelone, Geoemydinei, Gigantochersina, Impregnochelys, Indotestudo, Kinixys, Mesochersus, Namibchersus, Paleotestudo, Stigmochelys, Stylemys, Testudinini
Subtaxa: Ergilemys bruneti Ergilemys insolitus Ergilemys saikanensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (4 collections), Germany (1)
• Oligocene of France (9), Germany (1), Mongolia (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Mongolia (2)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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