Hesperotestudo equicomes Hay, 1917:41
Kansas tortoise
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Testudo equicomes Hay, 1917:41
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Kansas & Nebraska, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hay, O. P. (1917). On a collection of fossil vertebrates made by Dr. F.W. Dragin in the Equus beds of Kansas. Kansas University Science Bulletin 10: 39-51.
Other references:
Turtle Extinctions Working Group et al. (2015). Turtles and Tortoises of the World During the Rise and Global Spread of Humanity: First Checklist and Review of Extinct Pleistocene and Holocene Chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5: 1-66.