Aldabrachelys sp. nov. 'Glorieuse'
Glorieuse giant tortoise
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Dipsochelys sp. nov. 'Glorieuse'
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: c. 98,000 BC
Distribution & Habitat
Glorieuse Islands (Grande Glorieuse), Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Battistini, R. and Cremers, G. (1972). Geomorphology and vegetation of Isles Glorieuses. Atoll Research Bulletin 159: 1-10.
Bour, R. (1994). L’étude des animaux doublement disparus: les tortues géantes subfossiles de Madagascar. Mémoires et Travaux de l'Institut de Montpellier 19: 1-253.
Hawlitschek, Oliver, Ramírez Garrido, Sergio and Glaw, Frank. (2017). How marine currents influenced the widespread natural overseas dispersal of reptiles in the Western Indian Ocean region. Journal of Biogeography 44(6): 1435-1440. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12940
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.