Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

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

†Geochelone rexroadensis

Conservation Status:
Extinct

Diagnosis:

Distribution:

(, Museum Voucher) (, Observation) (, Literature Record) (, iNat Record), ( Fossil)
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Occurrence Summary:
22
Records
22
Museum Vouchers
0
Other Observations

Some county occurrences indicated below may be too imprecise to map above.
County Breakdown: County Name (# occurrences):
Rooks (22);

Natural History:

Remarks:

Bibliography:

1928	Ortenburger, Arthur I. The whip snakes and racers: Genera Masticophis and Coluber. Memiors of the University of Michigan Museum (1):1-247
1960	Hibbard, Claude W. An interpretation of the Pliocene and Pleistocene climates in North America. 62nd Annual Report, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters ():5-30
1961	Woodburne, Michael O. Upper Pliocene geology and vertebrate paleontology of part of the Meade Basin, Kansas. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 46():61-101 Includes discussion of Geochelone rexroadensis in Meade County, and climatic implications.
2018	Vlachos, Evangelos. A review of the fossil record of North American turtles of the clade Pan-Testudinoidea Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 59(1):3-94 Has a BUNCH of changes to turtle taxonomy that need to be incorporated.

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