genus Geochelone

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Geochelone
reptile genus - a genus of reptiles
family Testudinidae, Testudinidae - land tortoises
giant tortoise - very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands
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-- Within the genus Geochelone, two Nearctic subgenera are currently recognized--Hesperotestudo and Caudochelys (Auffenberg, 1963).
The genus Geochelone is widespread in North American Tertiary deposits.
Turtles from the late Hemphillian (latest Miocene) of Knox County, Nebraska
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