Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combination: Testudo australis
Synonyms: Chelonoidis santafecina Agnolin 2004 [objective synonym], Testudo praestans Rovereto 1914
Full reference: F. P. Moreno. 1889. Breve reseña de los progresos del Museo de la Plata, durante el segundo semestre de 1888. Boletin del Museo de La Plata 2:1-44
Belongs to Chelonoidis according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2018
See also Agnolin 2004, Auffenberg 1974, de Broin and de la Fuente 1993, de la Fuente 1997, de la Fuente 2005, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Moreno 1889 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Chelonoidis australis: MLP 26-400, a partial shell. Its type locality is Monte Hermoso, which is in a Montehermosan terrestrial siltstone in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Argentina.
- Chelonoidis santafecina: MACN 5195, a partial shell. Its type locality is Monte Hermoso, which is in a Montehermosan terrestrial siltstone in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Argentina.
- Testudo praestans: MACN 5195, a partial shell. Its type locality is Monte Hermoso, which is in a Montehermosan terrestrial siltstone in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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