Solitudo gymnesica Bate 1914

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Alternative combinations: Geochelone gymnesica, Testudo gymnesica, Testudo gymnesicus, Titanochelon gymnesica

Full reference: D. Bate. 1914. A gigantic land tortoise (Testudo gymnesicus, n.sp.) from the Pleistocene of Menorca. Geological Magazine 1:100-107

Belongs to Solitudo according to P. Valenti et al. 2022

See also Auffenberg 1974, Bate 1914, Cardona and Agusti 2019, Lujan et al. 2017 and Pérez-García 2017

Sister taxa: Solitudo robusta, Solitudo sicula

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Spain (1 collection)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Spain (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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