Testudo kenitrensis Gmira 1993 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Species name etymology from Kenitra

Full reference: S. Gmira. 1993. Une nouvelle espèce de tortue Testudininei (Testudo kenitrensis n. sp.) de l’inter Amirien-Tensiftien de Kénitra (Maroc). Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris 316:701-707

Belongs to Testudo according to G. L. Georgalis et al. 2021

See also Gmira 1993 and Lujan et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Testudo (Chersine), Testudo (Stylemys), Testudo amberiacensis, Testudo amiatae, Testudo antakyensis, Testudo antiqua, Testudo atlas, Testudo bosporica, Testudo brevitesta, Testudo brontops, Testudo carinata, Testudo cautleyi, Testudo cernovi, Testudo changshanensis, Testudo chienfutungensis, Testudo costarricensis, Testudo craverii, Testudo denizoti, Testudo despotti, Testudo emys, Testudo escheri, Testudo eurysternum, Testudo floweri, Testudo geometrica, Testudo globosa, Testudo graeca, Testudo hellenica, Testudo hermanni, Testudo hexagonata, Testudo hipparionum, Testudo honanensis, Testudo houzei, Testudo hypercostata, Testudo hypselonota, Testudo ibera, Testudo indica, Testudo kalksburgensis, Testudo kleinmanni, Testudo lamanonii, Testudo larteti, Testudo lohanica, Testudo lunanensis, Testudo lutaria, Testudo margae, Testudo marginata, Testudo marmorum, Testudo nanus, Testudo neraudii, Testudo oughlamensis, Testudo pecorinii, Testudo phosphoritarum, Testudo promarginata, Testudo pusilla, Testudo scabra, Testudo shansiensis, Testudo sharanensis, Testudo shensiensis, Testudo shilouensis, Testudo sloanei, Testudo sphaerica, Testudo steinheimensis, Testudo tarakliensis, Testudo terrestris, Testudo tunhuanensis, Testudo ulanensis, Testudo weissingeri, Testudo yunnanensis

Type specimen: MNHN MOC 149, a partial skeleton (shell with an associated partial skull). Its type locality is Kenitra, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial sandstone in Morocco.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Morocco (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Morocco (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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