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| Rank | species (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Hesperotestudo : Hesperotestudo osborniana |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Hesperotestudo osborniana | species | belongs to Testudo | stated with evidence | Hay, 1904 | | Hesperotestudo osborniana | species | belongs to Testudo (Hesperotestudo) | stated with evidence | Williams, 1953 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 24.8 - 20.4 Ma
Cenozoic |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Testudinidae) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | herbivore, herbivore (based on Testudinidae) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous (based on Testudinidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | O. P. Hay. 1904. A new gigantic tortoise from the Miocene of Colorado. Science 19:503-504 |
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| Hay O. P. (1904) A new gigantic tortoise from the Miocene of Colorado, Science 19, 503-504 |
| Cope E. D. The Edentata of North America, American Naturalist 23 272, 657-664 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Hay O. P. (1906) Descriptions of new species of turtles of the genus Testudo, collected from the Miocene by the Carnegie Museum; together with a description of the skull of Stylemys nebrascensis, Annals of Carnegie Museum 4, 15-20 |
| Hay O. P. (1908) The fossil turtles of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75, 1-568 |
| Loomis F. B. (1909) Turtles from the upper Harrison beds, American Journal of Science 63, 17-26 |
| Williams E. (1953) A new fossil tortoise from the Thomas Farm Miocene of Florida, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 107 11, 537-552 |
| Auffenberg W. (1962) A new species of Geochelone from the Pleistocene of Texas, Copeia 1962 3, 627-636 |
| Auffenberg W. (1963) Fossil testudinine turtles of Florida: genera. Geochelone and Floridemys, Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7 2, 53-97 |
| Vlachos E. (2018) A Review of the Fossil Record of North American Turtles of the Clade Pan-Testudinoidea, Bulletin of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 59 1, 3-94 |
Hesperotestudo osborniana ✝
