Megalochelys sp. nov. 'Timor'
Timor giant tortoise
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Timor, Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Hooijer, D. A. (1971). A giant land tortoise, Geochelone atlas (Falconer and Cautley), from the Pleistocene of Timor. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen, Ser. B, Phys. Sci. 74(5): 504-525.
Setiyabudi, E. (2009). An early Pleistocene giant tortoise (Reptilia; Testudines; Testudinidae) from the Bumiayu area, Central Java, Indonesia. Journal of Fossil Research 42(1): 1-11.
Sondaar, P. Y. (1981). The Geochelone faunas of the Indonesian archipelago and their paleogeographical and biostratigraphical significance. Modern Quaternary Research in Southeast Asia 6: 111-120.
Sondaar, P. Y. (1987). Pleistocene man and extinctions of island endemics. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, N.S. 150: 159-165.
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.