Chersina langebaanwegi

Chersina langebaanwegi; Temporal range: Zanclean PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Testudinidae
Genus:	Chersina
Species:	C. langebaanwegi
Binomial name
	Chersina langebaanwegi; Delfino et. al., 2024

Last updated May 27, 2025

Chersina langebaanwegi is an extinct species of Chersina that lived in South Africa during the Early Pliocene.^[1]

References

↑ Delfino, Massimo; Cohen, Brigette F.; Govender, Romala; Haarhoff, Pippa; Macaluso, Loredana; Marino, Liana; Matthews, Thalassa; Wencker, Lukardis C. M.; Pavia, Marco (1 November 2024). "Towards the origin of South African tortoises: a new Chersina species from the Early Pliocene fossil site of Langebaanweg" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 202 (3). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae146. ISSN 0024-4082 . Retrieved 14 December 2024– via Oxford Academic.

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[1] Delfino, Massimo; Cohen, Brigette F.; Govender, Romala; Haarhoff, Pippa; Macaluso, Loredana; Marino, Liana; Matthews, Thalassa; Wencker, Lukardis C. M.; Pavia, Marco (1 November 2024). "Towards the origin of South African tortoises: a new Chersina species from the Early Pliocene fossil site of Langebaanweg" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 202 (3). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae146. ISSN 0024-4082 . Retrieved 14 December 2024– via Oxford Academic.

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