Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Titanochelon is a new genus created to included mainly the Neogene large testudinids from Europe, which were previously included in the genus Cheirogaster Bergounioux (1935)
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Full reference: A. Pérez-García and E. Vlachos. 2014. New generic proposal for the European Neogene large testudinids (Cryptodira) and the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the medium and large representatives of the European Cenozoic record. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172:653-719
Parent taxon: Testudinidae according to K. A. Vega‐Pagán et al. 2025
See also Pappa et al. 2023, Perez-Garcia et al. 2021, Pérez-García and Vlachos 2014, Pérez-García et al. 2017, Vlachos 2021, Vlachos et al. 2019 and Vlachos and Rabi 2018
Sister taxa: Achilemys, Aldabrachelys, Anhuichelys, Astrochelys, Barnesia, Cachuga, Caryoderma, Cautleya, Chelys patagonica, Cylindraspis, Damonia, Emys sombrerensis, Eochersina, Eochersis, Floridemys, Fontainechelon, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) equicomes, Geocheloninae, Geochelonini, Gopherinae, Gopherus, Gopherus praecedens, Homopus, Juvemys, Kansuchelys, Malacochersus, Manouria, Megalochelys, Miotestudo, Nicoria, Palaeoemys, Pelorochelon, Protestudo, Psammobates, Pyxis, Sinohadrianus, Solitudo, Stylemys calaverensis, Testudininae, Testudininei, Testudinites sellovii, Testudo annae, Testudo atascosae, Testudo castrensis, Testudo cultrata, Testudo exornata, Testudo formosa, Testudo francisi, Testudo hayi, Testudo klettiana, Testudo laticaudata, Testudo louisekressmani, Testudo luciae, Testudo ocalana, Testudo paranensis, Testudo peragrans, Testudo quadratus, Testudo semenensis, Testudo undata, Xerobatinae
Subtaxa: Titanochelon bacharidisi Titanochelon bolivari Titanochelon ginsburgi Titanochelon kayadibiensis Titanochelon perpiniana Titanochelon punicum Titanochelon richardi Titanochelon schafferi Titanochelon schleichi Titanochelon vitodurana
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of Bulgaria (1), France (3), Greece (5), Spain (2), Tunisia (1)
• Turolian of Greece (1)
• Miocene of Czechia (1), France (1), Germany (3), Greece (14), Portugal (5), Spain (28), Switzerland (2), Türkiye (5)
Total: 74 collections including 75 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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