Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combinations: Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) kalganensis, Gopherus kalganensis, Testudo kalganensis
Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1931. Fossil turtles of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59:213-257
Belongs to Geochelone according to C. R. Crumly 1983
See also Auffenberg 1962, Auffenberg 1963, Gilmore 1931 and Yeh 1963
Sister taxa: Geochelone (Asterochelys), Geochelone (Chelonoidis), Geochelone (Geochelone), Geochelone carbonaria, Geochelone chilensis, Geochelone costaricensis, Geochelone demissa, Geochelone elegans, Geochelone elephantopus, Geochelone gigantea, Geochelone laetoliensis, Geochelone nigra, Geochelone oskarkuhni, Geochelone pardalis, Geochelone platynota, Geochelone radiata, Geochelone stromeri, Geochelone sulcata, Geochelone travancorica, Geochelone yniphora
Type specimen: AMNH 6701, a partial skeleton (partial carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Kalgan area, which is in a Tertiary terrestrial horizon in China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Kalgan area
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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