Aldabrachelys

Dipsochelys dussumieri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Aldabrachelys
Species: †A. abrupta – A. gigantea – †A. grandidieri

Name

Aldabrachelys Loveridge & Williams 1957: 166

Synonymy

• Megalochelys Fitzinger 1843: 29 (junior homonym)
  • Aldabrachelys Loveridge & Williams 1957: 166
  • Dipsochelys Bour 1982: 117

References

• Loveridge, A. and Williams , E.E. 1957. Revision of the African tortoises and turtles of the suborder Cryptodira. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 115(6): 163–557.
• Bour, R. 1982: Contribution a la connaissance des tortues terrestres des Seychelles: definition du genre endemique et description d'une espece nouvelle problement oringinaire des iles granitiques et au bord de l'extinction. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences (III), 295(2): 117–122. full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.) 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs 5: 329–479. PDF. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Seychellen-Riesenschilkröten