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Bour, R. (1984). Les tortues terrestres geantes des iles de l'ocean indien occidental. Studia Geologica Salamanticensia, 1, 17–76.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: anon1984a View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Schildkröten - turtles + tortoises, Stigmochelys pardalis, Systematik - taxonomy, Testudinidae Creators: Bour Collection: Studia Geologica Salamanticensia |
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Testudinidae geochelone Western Indian Ocean islands housed two well differenciated genera of giant Tortoises: Dipsochelys lived on the Seychelles (granitic and coral islands) and Madagascar, Cylindraspis on the Mascarenes. Geographical records are brought by early travelIers' accounts and discoveries of fossil remains. Those remains, as well as some old Museum specimens, allow us to recognize about half a dozen of species in each genus, all but one now extinct. A better morphological and anatomical knowledge of these Tortoises yields a reasonably correct understanding of the evolution of both genera and a good aprehension of their arfinities. Dipsochelys probably shares a common ancestor with the Malagasy Tortoises of the genus Astrochelys, Cylindraspis with the African Tortoises of the genus Geochelone (s .s.), especially with the Leopard Tortoise Geochelone pardalis.
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