Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combinations: Geochelone ducateli, Geochelone ducatelli, Testudo (Hesperotestudo) ducatelli, Testudo ducateli
Full reference: R. L. Collins and W. G. Lynn. 1936. Fossil Turtles from Maryland. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 76(2):151-173
Belongs to Hesperotestudo according to R. E. Weems 2023
See also Auffenberg 1963, Vlachos 2018, Williams 1953 and Zug 2001
Sister taxa: Eupachemys, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) angusticeps, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni, Hesperotestudo bermudae, Hesperotestudo crassiscutata, Hesperotestudo gilbertii, Hesperotestudo harrisi, Hesperotestudo orthopygia, Hesperotestudo osborniana, Hesperotestudo turgida, Hesperotestudo williamsi, Testudo tedwhitei
Type specimen: USNM 13783, a shell (partial plastron). Its type locality is Chesapeake Beach Road Cut, Zone 10, which is in a Langhian marine horizon in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Maryland collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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