Chersine Merrem 1820 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Chersine Merrem, 1820 is not the same as Chersina Gray, 1831
Synonym: Eurotestudo Lapparent de Broin et al. 2006 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Testudinini according to E. Vlachos 2021
See also Bour and Ohler 2008, Lapparent de Broin et al. 2006, Redkozubov et al. 2020, van Dijk et al. 2014 and Vlachos and Rabi 2018
Sister taxa: Acinixys, Testudo
Subtaxa: Chersine khosatzkyi Chersine lunellensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Spain (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Moldova (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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