Hadrianus (genus)

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Hadrianus
Temporal range: 55.4–33.9 Ma
PreꞒ
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
N
Eocene[1]
"Hadrianus majusculus"
Hadrianus majusculus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Clade: Pantestudinoidea
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
(unranked):
Genus: Hadrianus
Cope, 1872[2][1]
Species
  • H. corsoni
  • H. majusculus
  • H. octonaria
  • H. robustus
  • H. schucherti
  • H. utahensis
  • H. vialovi

Hadrianus is an extinct genus of tortoise belonging to the Testudinidae[1] found in the United States, the of Mexico, the Alai Beds of Kyrgyzstan and Spain[citation needed] and believed to be the oldest true tortoise known.[3] The genus is thought to be closely related to the genus Manouria.[3] The genus may have evolved in the subtropics of Asia and subsequently migrated to North America and Europe.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Fossilworks: Hadrianus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ E. D. Cope. 1872. Second account of new Vertebrata from the Bridger Eocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1-3
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ehret, Dana Joseph 2004 "Skeletochronology as a method of aging Oligocene Gopherus laticuneus and Stylemys nebrascensis, using Gopherus polyphemus as a modern analog" Thesis, University of Florida.


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