Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Full reference: S. Gmira, F. de Lapparent de Broin, D. Geraads, D. Levefre, A. Mohib and J.-P. Raynal. 2013. Les tortues du Pliocène d’Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Maroc) et de localités mio-pliocènes avoisinantes. Geodiversitas 35(3):691-733
Belongs to Centrochelys according to G. L. Georgalis et al. 2021
See also Gmira et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Centrochelys burchardi, Centrochelys punica, Centrochelys sulcata, Centrochelys vulcanica
Type specimen: AaO-3017, 3385, 180, 181, 229, a partial skeleton (mandible, humerus, radius, ulna, tibia, carpals, phalanges, osteoderms)
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Morocco (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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