Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Alternative spellings: Geochelone (Hesperotestudo), Testudo (Hesperotestudo)

Parent taxon: Testudinidae according to J. H. Hutchison 1996

Sister taxa: Bellia, Cachuga, Damonia, Dipsochelys, Floridemys, Geochelone, Gigantochersina, Hadrianus, Homopus, Impregnochelys, Indotestudo, Kansuchelys, Kinixys, Miotestudo, Nicoria, Psammobates, Sinohadrianus, Stylemys, Testudininae, Testudo

Subtaxa: Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) alleni, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) angusticeps, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) equicomes, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) impensa, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) incisa, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) johnstoni, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) kalganensis, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) niobrarensis, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) orthopygia, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) osborniana, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) percrassa, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) riggsi, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) turgida, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) wilsoni, Hesperotestudo brontops, Hesperotestudo crassiscutata, Testudo (Hesperotestudo) tumidus

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Type: Testudo osborniana

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore