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Chersina
Taxonomy
Chersina was named by Gray (1831). It is extant.
It was assigned to Chelonia by Hendey (1981); to Testudinini by Swingland and Klemens (1989); to Testudinidae by Meylan and Auffenberg (1986), Frank and Ramus (1996), de la Fuente et al. (2014), van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Delfino et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Chelonia by Hendey (1981); to Testudinini by Swingland and Klemens (1989); to Testudinidae by Meylan and Auffenberg (1986), Frank and Ramus (1996), de la Fuente et al. (2014), van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Delfino et al. (2024).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1831 | Chersina Gray |
| 1981 | Chersina Hendey p. 48 |
| 1986 | Chersina Meylan and Auffenberg p. 288 |
| 1989 | Chersina Swingland and Klemens p. 124 |
| 1996 | Chersina Frank and Ramus |
| 2014 | Chersina de la Fuente et al. |
| 2014 | Chersina van Dijk et al. |
| 2024 | Chersina Delfino et al. |
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G. Chersina Gray 1831
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Chersina angulata Schweigger 1812 [South African bowsprit tortoise]
†Chersina langebaanwegi Delfino et al. 2024
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Delfino et al. 2024 | Member of testudinid genus Chersina because of the following combination of characters: wide vertebral scutes almost equal to the vertebral scutes; single trapezoidal suprapygal, notched pygal, and distinct gular protrusion covered by fused gulars scutes |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Miocene | South Africa | C. sp. (22219) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | C. sp. (22221 22222) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | C. angulata (21695 115191 115205) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | South Africa | C. angulata (115188) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | South Africa | C. angulata (115225) |