Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Bourgat and Bour (1983) designated a neotype, the almost complete skeleton MNHN 1887-26, exposed in the exhibition of MNHN
Alternative combinations: Cheirogaster perpiniana, Testudo perpiniana
Full reference: C. Depéret. 1885. Description géologique du Bassin tertiaire du Roussillon [Geologic description of the Tertiary Roussillon basin].
Belongs to Titanochelon according to A. H. Lujan et al. 2017
See also Bourgat and Bour 1983, Depéret 1885 and Pérez-García and Vlachos 2014
Sister taxa: Titanochelon bacharidisi, Titanochelon bolivari, Titanochelon ginsburgi, Titanochelon kayadibiensis, Titanochelon schafferi, Titanochelon schleichi, Titanochelon vitodurana
Type specimen: PR 441-442 from Perpignan Museum, a set of limb elements (humerus and ilium). Its type locality is Faget Brickyard, which is in a Zanclean terrestrial horizon in France.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of France (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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