Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combinations: Gopherus berlanderi, Scaptochelys berlandieri, Xerobates berlandieri
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1857. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. First Monograph. Vol. I. Part I. Essay on Classi cation. Part II. North American Testudinata. 1-452
Belongs to Gopherus according to V.-H. Reynoso and M. Montellano-Ballesteros 2004
See also Bramble 1982, Brattstrom 1961 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Gopherus (Gopherus), Gopherus (Oligopherus), Gopherus agassizii, Gopherus auffenbergi, Gopherus brevisternus, Gopherus depressus, Gopherus donlaloi, Gopherus edae, Gopherus flavomarginatus, Gopherus hexagonatus, Gopherus laticuneus, Gopherus mohavensis, Gopherus morafkai, Gopherus polyphemus, Testudo milleri
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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