Geochelone vulcanica López-Jurado & Mateo, 1993
Gran Canaria giant tortoise
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, off the coast of North Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
López-Jurado, L. F. and Mateo, J. A. (1993). A new giant land tortoise from the Pliocene of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). Rev. Esp. Herp. 7: 107-111.
Other references:
Hutterer, R., García-Talavera, F., López-Martínez, N. and Michaux, J. (1998). Nuevoshuevos de quelonios del Terciario de Lanzarote y Fuerteventura, y revisión de las tortugasfósiles de las islas Canarias (Reptilia, Testudinidae). Vieraea 26: 139-161.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrochelys_vulcanica
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/23193/geochelone-vulcanica