Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
named as a new subspecies at first
Alternative combinations: Testudo (Hesperotestudo) angusticeps, Testudo angusticeps
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1924. Third contribution to the Snake Creek Fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 50:59-210
Belongs to Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) according to W. Auffenberg 1963
See also Milstead 1956 and Williams 1953
Sister taxa: Eupachemys, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni, Hesperotestudo bermudae, Hesperotestudo crassiscutata, Hesperotestudo ducateli, Hesperotestudo gilbertii, Hesperotestudo harrisi, Hesperotestudo orthopygia, Hesperotestudo osborniana, Hesperotestudo turgida, Hesperotestudo williamsi, Testudo tedwhitei
Type specimen: AMNH 6295, a skull. Its type locality is Thomson Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Thomson Quarry
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