Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative spelling: Chelonioidis
Full reference: L. Fitzinger. 1835. Entwurf einer systematischen Anordnung der Schildkröten nach den Grundsätzen der natürlichen Methode. Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte 1:104-128
Parent taxon: Geochelone according to L. Fitzinger 1835
See also Albury et al. 2018, Alfonso-Rojas et al. 2021, Cadena et al. 2015, de Broin and de la Fuente 1993, de la Fuente 1994, de la Fuente et al. 2022, de la Fuente et al. 2014, de la Fuente et al. 2018, Franz et al. 2020, Franz and Franz 2009, Manzano et al. 2009, Rhodin et al. 2015, Riff et al. 2010, Souberlich and de la Fuente 2011, Turvey et al. 2017, van Dijk et al. 2014, Vizcaíno et al. 2022, Vlachos 2018, Vlachos et al. 2022, Vlachos and Rabi 2018 and Zacarias et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Geochelone (Asterochelys), Geochelone (Geochelone), Geochelone carbonaria, Geochelone chilensis, Geochelone costaricensis, Geochelone demissa, Geochelone elegans, Geochelone elephantopus, Geochelone gigantea, Geochelone kalganensis, Geochelone laetoliensis, Geochelone nigra, Geochelone oskarkuhni, Geochelone pardalis, Geochelone platynota, Geochelone radiata, Geochelone stromeri, Geochelone sulcata, Geochelone travancorica, Geochelone yniphora
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Cueva San José de las Lamas (Cuba) (Quaternary of Cuba)