Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

The species name lohanica refers to the Lohan River, which flows near the fossil site from which the new species comes.

Full reference: A. Perez-Garcia, M. Martín-Jiménez, E. Vlachos and V. Codrea. 2022. The most complete extinct species of Testudo (Testudines, Testudinidae) defined by several well-preserved skeletons from the late Miocene of Romania. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1-35

Belongs to Testudo according to A. Perez-Garcia et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Testudo (Chersine), Testudo (Stylemys), Testudo amberiacensis, Testudo amiatae, Testudo antakyensis, Testudo antiqua, Testudo atlas, Testudo bosporica, Testudo brevitesta, Testudo brontops, Testudo burgenlandica, 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 kenitrensis, Testudo kleinmanni, Testudo lamanonii, Testudo larteti, 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: VPMNS C5659, a partial skeleton (a partial skeleton including the shell (Figs 2F, 3F, 4U–X, 5), appendicular remains (Fig. 5), a partial skull (Figs 5–8), the right lower jaw (Figs 6, 9A–F) and). Its type locality is Crețești-1, which is in a Tortonian floodplain mudstone/sandstone in Romania.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Crețești-1

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.