Chersina langebaanwegi

Chersina langebaanwegi
Temporal range: Zanclean
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Chersina
Species:
C. langebaanwegi
Binomial name
Chersina langebaanwegi
Delfino et. al., 2024

Chersina langebaanwegi is an extinct species of Chersina that lived in South Africa during the Early Pliocene.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.