Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combination: Geochelone vulcanica
Full reference: L. F. Lopez-Jurado and J. A. Mateo. 1993. A new giant land tortoise from the Pliocene of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). Revista Española de Herpetología 7:107-111
Belongs to Centrochelys according to G. L. Georgalis et al. 2021
See also Lopez-Jurado and Mateo 1993 and Rhodin et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Centrochelys burchardi, Centrochelys marocana, Centrochelys sulcata
Type specimen: number unknown, a limb element (left femur). Its type locality is Barranco de la Ballena, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial sandstone in Spain.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Barranco de la Ballena
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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