Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
In its original description, Bergounioux (1935) suggested that this species does not have an entoplastron. Later, de Broin (1977) revised this specimen and showed that the entoplastron is actually present.
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Full reference: F. M. Bergounioux. 1935. Contribution a l'étude paléontologique des chéloniens: chéloniens fossiles du bassin d'Aquitaine. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France 25:1-214
Belongs to Cheirogaster according to E. Vlachos and M. Rabi 2018
See also Bergounioux 1935
Sister taxa: Cheirogaster gigas, Cheirogaster steinbacheri, Taraschelon gigas
Type specimen: Museum of Libourne, number unknown, a shell. Its type locality is Falaise de Baby, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial horizon in France.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Falaise de Baby
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