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Testudo kenitrensis
Discussion
Species name etymology from Kenitra
Taxonomy
Testudo kenitrensis was named by Gmira (1993). Its type specimen is MNHN MOC 149, a partial skeleton (shell with an associated partial skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kenitra, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial sandstone in Morocco.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by E. Vlachos on 2019-07-04
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Testudo kenitrensis Gmira p. 702 fig. 1 |
| 2016 | Testudo kenitrensis Lujan et al. |
| 2021 | Testudo kenitrensis Georgalis et al. |
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†Testudo kenitrensis Gmira 1993
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| G. L. Georgalis et al. 2021 | Testudo kenitrensis can be diagnosed as a member of Testudinidae, Testudona, and Testudo by the full list of shell characters provided for these clades above. Testudo kenitrensis can be differentiated from other species of Testudo by the combination of the following characters: small size (carapace length not surpassing 14 cm), rather large prootic, rounded and vaulted carapace, vertebrals I lyre-shaped, lateral corner of nuchal markedly covered by costals I (also in Testudo oughlamensis and the extant Testudo kleinmanni), poorly developed hypoxiphiplastral hinge, depressed, long and more recurved epiplastral lip, femur with clearly oblique and narrow heads, slender diaphysis, narrow neck, a major trochanter that connects to the head, trochanters that are joined proximally but do not extend beyond the femoral head proximally, and less extended distal ridges. |