Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

REPTILIA (Reptiles) TESTUDINES (Turtles) TESTUDINIDAE (Tortoises)

†Testudo orthopygia

Conservation Status:
Extinct

Diagnosis:

Distribution:

(, Museum Voucher) (, Observation) (, Literature Record) (, iNat Record), ( Fossil)
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Occurrence Summary:
2
Records
2
Museum Vouchers
0
Other Observations

Some county occurrences indicated below may be too imprecise to map above.
County Breakdown: County Name (# occurrences):
Phillips (2);

Natural History:

Remarks:

Bibliography:

1898	Gilbert, J. Z. On the skull of Xerobates (?) undata Cope. The Kansas University Quarterly 7(1):143-148
1905	Sternberg, Charles H. The Loup Fork Miocene of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 20():71-74
1908	Hay, Oliver P. Fossil Turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C.. 554+pp.
1985	Schultze, Hans-Peter, L. Hunt, J. Chorn, and A. M. Neuner. Type and figured specimens of fossil vertebrates in the collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History. Part II. Fossil amphibians and reptiles. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Miscellaneous Publications (77):1-66 Also check on several listed names not in KHA as KS taxa.

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