Chersina langebaanwegi
Appearance
Chersina langebaanwegi Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Testudinidae |
Genus: | Chersina |
Species: | C. langebaanwegi
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Binomial name | |
Chersina langebaanwegi Delfino et. al., 2024
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Chersina langebaanwegi is an extinct species of Chersina that lived in South Africa during the Early Pliocene.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Delfino, Massimo; Cohen, Brigette F.; Govender, Romala; Haarhoff, Pippa; Macaluso, Loredana; Marino, Liana; Matthews, Thalassa; Wencker, Lukardis C. M.; Pavia, Marco (1 November 2024). "Towards the origin of South African tortoises: a new Chersina species from the Early Pliocene fossil site of Langebaanweg". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202 (3). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae146. ISSN 0024-4082. Retrieved 14 December 2024 – via Oxford Academic.