Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combination: Testudo (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni
Full reference: W. W. Milstead. 1956. Fossil turtles of Friesenhahn Cave, Texas, with the description of a new species of Testudo. Copeia 1956(3):162-171
Belongs to Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) according to W. Auffenberg 1963
Sister taxa: Eupachemys, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) angusticeps, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia, Hesperotestudo bermudae, Hesperotestudo crassiscutata, Hesperotestudo ducateli, Hesperotestudo gilbertii, Hesperotestudo harrisi, Hesperotestudo orthopygia, Hesperotestudo osborniana, Hesperotestudo turgida, Hesperotestudo williamsi, Testudo tedwhitei
Type specimen: TMM No933-3585, a shell (almost complete shell).
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: New Mexico, Texas collections)
• Miocene of United States (1: Delaware)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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