Cistudo eocaenica de Stefano 1902 (box turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Full reference: G. de Stefano. 1902. Cheloniani fossili cenozoici. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana 21:263-304

Belongs to Cistudo according to G. de Stefano 1902

See also Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin 2013 and Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin 2015

Sister taxa: Cistudo marnochii, Terrapene bulverda, Terrapene carolina, Terrapene coahuila, Terrapene corneri, Terrapene eurypygia, Terrapene hibernaculum, Terrapene impensa, Terrapene impressa, Terrapene klauberi, Terrapene nelsoni, Terrapene ornata, Terrapene parornata, Terrapene putnami, Terrapene singletoni, Cistudo major, Cistudo triunguis, Cistudo mexicana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pépieux-Cesseras, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial horizon in the Grès d'Aigne Formation of France

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Pépieux-Cesseras

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