†Chelonoidis australis Moreno 1889 (turtle)
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 351851
Alternative combination: Testudo australis
Synonyms: Chelonoidis santafecina Agnolin 2004 [objective synonym] (no. 364438), Testudo praestans Rovereto 1914 (no. 105268)
Full reference: F. P. Moreno. 1889. Breve reseņa de los progresos del Museo de la Plata, durante el segundo semestre de 1888. Boletin del Museo de La Plata 2:1-44
Belongs to Chelonoidis according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Chelonoidis australis: MLP 26-400, a partial shell. Its type locality is Monte Hermoso, which is in a Montehermosan terrestrial siltstone in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Argentina.
- Chelonoidis santafecina: MACN 5195, a partial shell. Its type locality is Monte Hermoso, which is in a Montehermosan terrestrial siltstone in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Argentina.
- Testudo praestans: MACN 5195, a partial shell. Its type locality is Monte Hermoso, which is in a Montehermosan terrestrial siltstone in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore