Chersina

Chersina
Temporal range: Early Pliocene - Recent, 5.1–0 Ma
Angulate tortoise (Chersina angulata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Chersina
Gray, 1830
Species

Chersina is a genus of tortoises in the family Testudinidae. It contains a single living species, the angulate tortoise.[1] A fossil species, Chersina langebaanwegi, is known from the Early Pliocene of South Africa.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 149–368. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 2625-8498.
  2. ^ Delfino, Massimo; Cohen, Brigette F; Govender, Romala; Haarhoff, Pippa; Macaluso, Loredana; Marino, Liana; Matthews, Thalassa; Wencker, Lukardis C M; Pavia, Marco (2024-11-01). "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.


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