Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

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

†Testudo turgida

Conservation Status:
Extinct

Diagnosis:

Distribution:

(, Museum Voucher) (, Observation) (, Literature Record) (, iNat Record), ( Fossil)
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Bibliography:

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.
2018	Brown, Lauren E. , Don Moll, and Evan S. Brown. Re-examination of the giant fossil tortoise Hesperotestudo from near the Illinois glacial-sangamon interglacial boundary in North America with commentary on zoogeography. Herpetological Journal 28(2):73-86 Mentions Herperotestudo campester from Kansas.

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