Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Name should be attributed to M. Delfino
Full reference: L. Abbazzi, S. Carboni, M. Delfino, G. Gallai, L. Lecca and L. Rook. 2008. Fossil vertebrates (Mammalia and Reptilia) from Capo Mannu Formation (Late Pliocene, Sardinia, Italy), with description of a new Testudo (Chelonii, Testudinidae) species. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 114(1):119-132
Belongs to Testudo according to D. Zoboli et al. 2022
See also Abbazzi et al. 2008
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 honanensis, 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 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: CL-102, a partial shell. Its type locality is Capo Mannu D4, which is in a Piacenzian dune sandstone in the Capo Mannu dune complex Formation of Italy.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Capo Mannu D4
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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