Testudo brevitesta

Taxonavigation edit

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
Subgenus: Testudo
Species: †Testudo brevitesta

Name edit

  • Testudo brevitesta Vlachos & Tsoukala 2016:74 sec Vlachos & Tsoukala 2016:74
    • Holotype: LGPUT MIL 495
    • Type locality: Milia, Grevena, W Macedonia, Greece; late Pliocene, MN16a.

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Vlachos, E. & Tsoukala, E. 2016. The diverse fossil chelonians from Milia (Late Pliocene, Grevena, Greece) with a new species of Testudo Linnaeus, 1758 (Testudines: Testudinidae). Papers in Palaeontology. 2 (1) 2016:71–86

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