Hesperotestudo

Taxobox
name = "Hesperotestudo"


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fossil_range=Miocene-Pleistocene
status=fossil
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Testudines
subordo = Cryptodira
familia = Testudinidae
genus = "Hesperotestudo"
genus_authority = Williams, 1950
subdivision_ranks = Species
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"Hesperotestudo" is an extinct genus of turtle that lived from the Miocene to the Pleistocene. Its remains are known from North America and Central America.

References

* "Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins: Survivors in Armor" by Ronald Orenstein
* "Foragers of the Terminal Pleistocene in North America" by Renee B. Walker and Boyce N. Driskell