Centrochelys
Centrochelys is a genus of tortoise. It contains one extant species and several extinct species:
- †Centrochelys atlantica[1]
- †Centrochelys burchardi[1]
- †Centrochelys marocana[1]
- †Centrochelys robusta[1]
- †Centrochelys vulcanica[1]
- Centrochelys sulcata (African spurred tortoise)
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Testudinidae |
Genus: | Centrochelys Gray, 1872 |
References
- Rhodin, A.G.J.; Thomson, S.; Georgalis, G.; Karl, H.-V.; Danilov, I.G.; Takahashi, A.; de la Fuente, M.S.; Bourque, J.R.; Delfino M.; Bour, R.; Iverson, J.B.; Shaffer, H.B.; van Dijk, P.P.; et al. (Turtle Extinctions Working Group) (2015). "Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5(8):000e.1–66. Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000e.fossil.checklist.v1.2015. ISBN 978-0965354097. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
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