Hesperotestudo

Hesperotestudo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Pantestudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: †Hesperotestudo
Species: †H. alleni – †H. angusticeps – †H. annae – †H. bermudae – †H. brontops – †H. campester – †H. equicomes – †H. impensa – †H. incisa – †H. johnstoni – †H. kalganensis – †H. niobrarensis – †H. orthopygia – †H. osborniana – †H. percrassa – †H. riggsi – †H. tumidus – †H. turgida – †H. wilsoni

Name

• Hesperotestudo Williams, 1950
  • Type Species: Hesperotestudo osborniana (Hay, 1904), by original designation

References

• Williams, E.E. 1950. "Testudo cubensis and the evolution of western hemisphere tortoises." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 95: 1–36. Full text
• Meylan, P.A., Sterrer, W. 2000. "Hesperotestudo (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Pleistocene of Bermuda, with comments on the phylogenetic position of the genus." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128 (1): 51–76. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00649.x
• Turtle Extinctions Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Thomson, S., Georgalis, G.L., Karl, H.-V., Danilov, I.G., Takahashi, A., de la Fuente, M.S., Bourque, J.R., Delfino, M., Bour, R., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B. & van Dijk, P.P.) 2015. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs. 5(8):000e.1–66. PDF.
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B. & van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. ISBN 978-1-5323-5026-9. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. . Full article (PDF). Reference page.