Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Full reference: P. A. Meylan and W. Sterrer. 2000. Hesperotestudo (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Pleistocene of Bermuda, with comments on the phylogenetic position of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128:51-76
Belongs to Hesperotestudo according to E. Vlachos and M. Rabi 2018
See also Meylan and Sterrer 2000 and Vlachos 2018
Sister taxa: Eupachemys, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) angusticeps, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni, Hesperotestudo crassiscutata, Hesperotestudo ducateli, Hesperotestudo gilbertii, Hesperotestudo harrisi, Hesperotestudo orthopygia, Hesperotestudo osborniana, Hesperotestudo turgida, Hesperotestudo williamsi, Testudo tedwhitei
Type specimen: BAMZ 1991–086, a partial skeleton (nearly complete shell missing the posterior left quarter, with an associated skull including a braincase, ear regions, most of the upper and lower jaws, and a s). Its type locality is Smith's Parrish, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Bermuda.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Smith's Parrish
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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