Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
ParatypeAMNH 12755 consists of an incomplete skull missing the left anterior portion.
Named for Arthur H. Harris, to honor his many contributions to late Cenozoic vertebrate paleontology
Full reference: A. J. Lichtig and S. G. Lucas. 2022. New giant tortoise skulls from the Miocene of the Española basin, New Mexico, USA. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 88:25-31
Belongs to Hesperotestudo according to A. J. Lichtig and S. G. Lucas 2022
Sister taxa: Eupachemys, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) angusticeps, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni, Hesperotestudo bermudae, Hesperotestudo crassiscutata, Hesperotestudo ducateli, Hesperotestudo gilbertii, Hesperotestudo orthopygia, Hesperotestudo osborniana, Hesperotestudo turgida, Hesperotestudo williamsi, Testudo tedwhitei
Type specimen: AMNH 14340, a partial skeleton (a nearly complete skull, most of both epiplastra (though the posterior portion is obscured by matrix), the distal head of a humerus, a right radius, right perip). Its type locality is NW Pojoaque Bluffs, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Tesuque Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at NW Pojoaque Bluffs
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