Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combinations: Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) brontops, Hesperotestudo brontops, Testudo (Hesperotestudo) brontops
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1890. Notice of some extinct Testudinata. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 40:177-179
Belongs to Testudo according to E. Vlachos 2018
See also Auffenberg 1963, Hay 1902, Hay 1904, Hay 1930, Hutchison 1996, Marsh 1890 and Williams 1953
Sister taxa: Testudo (Chersine), Testudo (Stylemys), Testudo amberiacensis, Testudo amiatae, Testudo antakyensis, Testudo antiqua, Testudo atlas, Testudo bosporica, Testudo brevitesta, 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 pecorinii, 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: YPM VP 000608 (holotype), a shell. Its type locality is Indian Creek (Testudo brontops type locality), which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Indian Creek (Testudo brontops type locality)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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