Hesperotestudo
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| Hesperotestudo Temporal range: Miocene-Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Testudinidae |
| Genus: | †Hesperotestudo Williams, 1950 |
Hesperotestudo is an extinct genus of turtle that lived from the Miocene to the Pleistocene. Its remains are known from North America, Central America and Bermuda.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Meylan, P. A.; Sterrer, W. (January 2000). "Herperotestudo (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.
- ↑ Olson, S. L.; Meylan, P. A. (December 2009). "A Second Specimen of the Pleistocene Bermuda Tortoise, Hesperotestudo bermudae Meylan and Sterrer". Chelonian Conservation and Biology 8 (2): 211–212. doi:10.2744/CCB-0766.1. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins: Survivors in Armor by Ronald Orenstein
- Foragers of the Terminal Pleistocene in North America by Renee B. Walker and Boyce N. Driskell
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