Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combinations: Gopherus (Gopherus) polyphemus, Testudo polyphemus
Belongs to Gopherus according to D. M. Bramble 1982
See also Brattstrom 1961, Hay 1930, Hutchison 1996, Reynoso and Montellano-Ballesteros 2004 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Gopherus (Gopherus), Gopherus (Oligopherus), Gopherus agassizii, Gopherus auffenbergi, Gopherus berlandieri, Gopherus brevisternus, Gopherus depressus, Gopherus donlaloi, Gopherus edae, Gopherus flavomarginatus, Gopherus hexagonatus, Gopherus laticuneus, Gopherus mohavensis, Gopherus morafkai, Testudo milleri
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (31: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina collections)
• Blancan of United States (3: Florida)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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