Kinixys Bell 1827 (hingeback tortoise)

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

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

See also Carroll 1988, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Frank and Ramus 1996, Meylan and Auffenberg 1986, Swingland and Klemens 1989 and van Dijk et al. 2014

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

Subtaxa: Kinixys belliana Kinixys erosa Kinixys homeana Kinixys lobatsiana Kinixys natalensis Kinixys nogueyi Kinixys zombensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections)

• Pliocene of South Africa (1)

• Miocene of Kenya (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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