Chelonoidis hesterna Auffenberg 1971

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Alternative combinations: Geochelone (Chelonoides) hesterna, Geochelone hesterna

Full reference: W. Auffenberg. 1971. A new fossil tortoise, with remarks on the origin of South American testudinines. Copeia 1971(1):106-117

Belongs to Chelonoidis according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2018

See also Auffenberg 1971, Auffenberg 1974, Crumly 1982, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Franz and Franz 2009, Riff et al. 2010 and Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 40200, a skeleton (complete shell with skull, lower jaw, and most postcrania). Its type locality is San Nicolas, which is in a Miocene terrestrial conglomerate/claystone in Colombia.

Distribution: found only at San Nicolas

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