Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combinations: Geochelone insolitus, Testudo insolitus
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1923. The fauna of the Ardyn Obo formation. American Museum Novitates 98:1-5
Belongs to Ergilemys according to E. Vlachos and M. Rabi 2018
See also Auffenberg 1962, Crumly 1983, Danilov and Averianov 1997, Matthew and Granger 1923 and Mlynarski 1969
Sister taxa: Ergilemys bruneti, Ergilemys saikanensis
Type specimen: A.M. No. 6275, a partial shell (parts of carapace and plastron of several individuals). Its type locality is Ergilin Dzo [AMNH], which is in an Eocene terrestrial sandstone in the Ergilin Dzo Formation of Mongolia.
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Mongolia (1 collection)
• Eocene of Mongolia (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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