Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Etymology: Genus, from the Greek: Meso, by allusion for the size of the tortoise, and chersos, earth, continental.

Full reference: F. de Lapparent de Broin. 2003. Miocene Chelonians from southern Namibia. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19:67-102

Parent taxon: Testudininae according to E. Vlachos and M. Rabi 2018

See also de Lapparent de Broin 2003

Sister taxa: Agrionemys, Centrochelys, Cheirogaster, Chersina, Ergilemys, Geochelona, Geochelone, Geoemydinei, Gigantochersina, Impregnochelys, Indotestudo, Kinixys, Namibchersus, Paleotestudo, Stigmochelys, Stylemys, Testudinini

Subtaxa: Mesochersus orangeus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Arrisdrift (Miocene of Namibia)

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