Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Bergounioux (1935) first describes the type species of the genus, Cheirogaster maurini (pp. 78-82), and then describes the new genus (pp. 82-83)
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Synonym: Taraschelon Pérez-García 2016
Full reference: F. M. Bergounioux. 1935. Contribution a l'étude paléontologique des chéloniens: chéloniens fossiles du bassin d'Aquitaine. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France 25:1-214
Parent taxon: Testudininae according to E. Vlachos and M. Rabi 2018
See also de la Fuente et al. 2014, Jimenez-Fuentes et al. 1988, Karl 2007, Pérez-García 2016, Perez-Garcia and Murelaga 2013, Staesche et al. 2007 and Vlachos et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Agrionemys, Centrochelys, Ergilemys, Geochelona, Geochelone, Geoemydinei, Gigantochersina, Impregnochelys, Indotestudo, Kinixys, Mesochersus, Namibchersus, Paleotestudo, Stigmochelys, Stylemys, Testudinini
Subtaxa: Cheirogaster gigas Cheirogaster maurini Taraschelon gigas
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Spain (2 collections)
• Miocene of France (2), Germany (1), Spain (2)
• Oligocene of France (3), Germany (1)
• Eocene of France (3)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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