Hesperotestudo
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Hesperotestudo
Fossil range: Miocene-Pleistocene
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Hesperotestudo
Williams, 1950

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
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