Aldabrachelys abrupta

Aldabrachelys abrupta
Temporal range: Holocene
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Carapace
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Aldabrachelys
Species:
†A. abrupta
Binomial name
†Aldabrachelys abrupta
Synonyms[2]
  • Testudo abrupta Milne-Edwards, 1868 (nomen nudum)
  • Testudo abrupta Grandidier, 1868:377
  • Geochelone abrupta Pritchard, 1967
  • Asterochelys abrupta Bour, 1980
  • Dipsochelys abrupta Bour, 1982
  • Aldabrachelys abrupta Austin, Arnold & Bour, 2003

Aldabrachelys abrupta, the abrupt giant tortoise, is an extinct species of giant tortoise that was endemic to Madagascar.

Carapace fragment
  1. ^ Grandidier, A. 1868. Sur les découvertes zoologiques faites récemment à Madagascar. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie et Paléontologie, Paris (5)10:375–378.
  2. ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 265. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.