Taxonavigation

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: Hesperotestudo
Species: † Hesperotestudo bermudae

Name

• † Hesperotestudo bermudae Meylan & Sterrer, 2000:51
  • Holotype: BAMZ 1991–086
  • Type locality: Bermuda, Smith’s Parrish, No. 3 Verdmont Valley Close, in west wall of yard, 7 m above sea level. Upper Townhill Formation, estimated to be 310 000 ± 10 000 years old (Meylan and Sterrer 2000)

References

• Meylan, P.A. & Sterrer, W. (2000). Herperotestudo (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Pleistocene of Bermuda, with comments on the phylogenetic position of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128 (1): 51–76. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00649.x

• Turtle Extinctions Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Thomson, S., Georgalis, G., Karl, H.-V., Danilov, I.G., Takahashi, A., de la Fuente, M.S., Bourque, J.R., Delfino, M., Bour, R., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2015. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs. 5(8):000e.1–66. Download