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Taraschelon gigas

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Testudo gigas was named by Bravard (1844). Its type specimen is MNHN.F LIM 777, a partial skeleton (carapace and plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in France.

It was recombined as Taraschelon gigas by Pérez-García (2016); it was recombined as Cheirogaster gigas by Broin (1977), Vlachos and Rabi (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Testudo gigas Bravard
1977Cheirogaster gigas Broin
2016Taraschelon gigas Pérez-García
2018Cheirogaster gigas Vlachos and Rabi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyTestudininae
genusTaraschelon
speciesgigas()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Taraschelon gigas Bravard 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 07:16:55
Modified: 2005-09-09 16:16:46
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Haute-Loire) Testudo gigas (type locality: 181060)