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Centrochelys (spurred tortoise)
Taxonomy
Centrochelys was named by Gray (1872). It is extant.
It was assigned to Testudinidae by Gmira et al. (2013) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
It was assigned to Testudinidae by Gmira et al. (2013) and van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Centrochelys Gray |
| 2013 | Centrochelys Gmira et al. |
| 2014 | Centrochelys van Dijk et al. |
| 2018 | Centrochelys Vlachos and Rabi p. 663 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Centrochelys Gray 1872 [spurred tortoise]
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†Centrochelys burchardi Ahl 1925
†Centrochelys marocana Gmira et al. 2013
†Centrochelys punica Arambourg 1979
Centrochelys sulcata Miller 1779 [African spurred tortoise]
†Centrochelys vulcanica Lopez-Jurado and Mateo 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Miocene | Morocco | Centrochelys sp. (210194) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Morocco | Centrochelys sp. (34366) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Tunisia (Bizerte ) | Testudo punica (211247) | |
| Pliocene | Spain (Gran Canaria) | Geochelone vulcanica (208572) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Morocco | Geochelone sp. (32052) Testudo punica (32054) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Canary Islands) | Testudo burchardi (211246) |