Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Alternative combination: Testudo ginsburgi

Full reference: F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366

Belongs to Titanochelon according to A. Pérez-García and E. Vlachos 2014

See also Broin 1977

Sister taxa: Titanochelon bacharidisi, Titanochelon bolivari, Titanochelon kayadibiensis, Titanochelon perpiniana, Titanochelon schafferi, Titanochelon schleichi, Titanochelon vitodurana

Type specimen: MNHN ART 541, a partial shell (plastron). Its type locality is Artenay, which is in a MN 4 terrestrial horizon in France.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Artenay

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