Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combinations: Cheirogaster kaiseni, Testudo kaiseni
Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1931. Fossil turtles of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59:213-257
Belongs to Indotestudo according to E. Vlachos and M. Rabi 2018
See also Crumly 1983, Gilmore 1931 and Karl 2018
Sister taxa: Indotestudo elongata, Indotestudo forstenii, Indotestudo takasago, Indotestudo travancorica
Type specimen: AMNH 6352, a dermal scale. Its type locality is Ergilin Dzo [AMNH], which is in an Eocene terrestrial sandstone in the Ergilin Dzo Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Ergilin Dzo [AMNH]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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