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Malacochersus
Taxonomy
Malacochersus was named by Lindholm (1929). It is extant.
It was assigned to Testudinini by Swingland and Klemens (1989); and to Testudinidae by Frank and Ramus (1996), de la Fuente et al. (2014), van Dijk et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Testudinini by Swingland and Klemens (1989); and to Testudinidae by Frank and Ramus (1996), de la Fuente et al. (2014), van Dijk et al. (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1929 | Malacochersus Lindholm |
| 1989 | Malacochersus Swingland and Klemens p. 124 |
| 1996 | Malacochersus Frank and Ramus |
| 2014 | Malacochersus de la Fuente et al. |
| 2014 | Malacochersus van Dijk et al. |
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G. Malacochersus Lindholm 1929
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Malacochersus tornieri Siebenrock 1903 [African pancake tortoise]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available