Ergilemys Ckhikvadze 1972 (turtle)

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

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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

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