Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Alternative combination: Testudo punica

Full reference: C. Arambourg. 1979. Vertébrés villafranchiens d’Afrique du Nord (Artiodactyles, Carnivores, Primates, Reptiles, Oiseaux). 1-141

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

See also de Lapparent de Broin 2000

Sister taxa: Centrochelys burchardi, Centrochelys marocana, Centrochelys sulcata, Centrochelys vulcanica

Type specimen: MNHN.F 1948-2-39 , a limb element (left femur). Its type locality is Ichkeul, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in Tunisia.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Ichkeul

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