Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Full reference: S. T. Turvey, J. Almonte, J. Hansford, R. P. Scofield, J. L. Brocca and S. D. Chapman. 2017. A new species of extinct Late Quaternary giant tortoise from Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4277(1):1-16
Belongs to Chelonoidis according to L. W. Viñola-López and J. N. Almonte 2022
See also Albury et al. 2018, Turvey et al. 2017 and Vlachos 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NHMUK PV R 36954, a set of limb elements (Right humerus). Its type locality is Cueva del Papayo, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene terrestrial horizon in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Dominican Republic (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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