Testudo hellenica

Testudo hellenica

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: Testudo
Species: †Testudo hellenica

Name

Testudo hellenica Garcia, Pinton, Valentin, Kostopoulos, Merceron, de Bonis & Koufos, 2020

Holotype: LGPUT RPI-216

Type locality: "Ravin de la Pluie, lower Axios Valley, Macedonia, Greece".

References

Primary references

• Garcia, G., Pinton, A., Valentin, X., Kostopoulos, D.S., Merceron, G., de Bonis, L. & Koufos, G.D. 2020. The earliest known crown-Testudo tortoise from the late Miocene (Vallesian, 9 Ma) of Greece. PLoS ONE 15(4): e0224783. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224783 ResearchGate Reference page.