Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combinations: Geochelone gallardoi, Testudo gallardoi
Full reference: C. Rovereto. 1914. Los Estratos Araucanos y sus fósiles. Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Buenos Aire 25:1-247
Belongs to Chelonoidis according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2018
See also Auffenberg 1974, de Broin and de la Fuente 1993, de la Fuente 1997, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Rovereto 1914 and Simpson 1942
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MACN 5206, a partial shell (partial shell of an adult individual). Its type locality is Santa Maria Valley Andalhuala Fm, which is in a Montehermosan/Chapadmalalan terrestrial horizon in the Andalhuala Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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