Testudo honanensis Wiman 1930 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Full reference: C. Wiman. 1930. Fossile Schildfröten aus China. Palaeontologica Sinica C 6(3):1-55

Belongs to Testudo according to C. R. Crumly 1983

See also Brinkman et al. 2008 and Yeh 1963

Sister taxa: Testudo (Chersine), Testudo (Stylemys), Testudo amberiacensis, Testudo amiatae, Testudo antakyensis, Testudo antiqua, Testudo atlas, Testudo bosporica, Testudo brevitesta, Testudo brontops, Testudo carinata, Testudo cautleyi, Testudo cernovi, Testudo changshanensis, Testudo chienfutungensis, Testudo costarricensis, Testudo craverii, Testudo denizoti, Testudo despotti, Testudo emys, Testudo escheri, Testudo eurysternum, Testudo floweri, Testudo geometrica, Testudo globosa, Testudo graeca, Testudo hellenica, Testudo hermanni, Testudo hexagonata, Testudo hipparionum, Testudo houzei, Testudo hypercostata, Testudo hypselonota, Testudo ibera, Testudo indica, Testudo kalksburgensis, Testudo kenitrensis, Testudo kleinmanni, Testudo lamanonii, Testudo larteti, Testudo lohanica, Testudo lunanensis, Testudo lutaria, Testudo margae, Testudo marginata, Testudo marmorum, Testudo nanus, Testudo neraudii, Testudo oughlamensis, Testudo pecorinii, Testudo phosphoritarum, Testudo promarginata, Testudo pusilla, Testudo scabra, Testudo shansiensis, Testudo sharanensis, Testudo shensiensis, Testudo shilouensis, Testudo sloanei, Testudo sphaerica, Testudo steinheimensis, Testudo tarakliensis, Testudo terrestris, Testudo tunhuanensis, Testudo ulanensis, Testudo weissingeri, Testudo yunnanensis

Type specimen: complete carapace and plastron, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Hsin-An-Hsien, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of China (1 collection)

• Miocene of China (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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