New land tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Miocene of Africa

P. Meylan, and W. Auffenberg

1986

Article

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 86:279-307

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Geochelone crassa
• Geochelone namaquensis
• Geochelone stromeri
• Homopus
• Impregnochelys
• Impregnochelys pachytectis
• Kinixys erosa
• Psammobates

Taxonomy:

• Geochelone belongs to Testudinidae - Meylan and Auffenber (1986)
• Geochelone crassa belongs to Geochelone - Meylan and Auffenber (1986)
• Geochelone namaquensis belongs to Geochelone - Meylan and Auffenber (1986)
• Geochelone stromeri belongs to Geochelone - Meylan and Auffenber (1986)
• Kinixys belongs to Testudinidae - Meylan and Auffenber (1986)
• Kinixys erosa belongs to Kinixys - Meylan and Auffenber (1986)
• Homopus belongs to Testudinidae - Meylan and Auffenber (1986)
• Psammobates belongs to Testudinidae - Meylan and Auffenber (1986)
• Impregnochelys belongs to Testudinidae - Meylan and Auffenber (1986)
• Impregnochelys pachytectis belongs to Impregnochelys - Meylan and Auffenber (1986)