Geochelone

Geochelone, from Ancient Greek γῆ (gê), meaning "earth", and χελώνη (khelṓnē), meaning "turtle", is a genus of tortoises.

Geochelone

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TestudininaePBDB
Diet
herbivore, herbivorePBDB, for Testudinidae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Testudinidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Testudinidae

Time the record covers

At least 51 million years on record.

The record covers at least 51.1 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 66 Mya to 0 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 0 of 160 occurrencesPaleocene — about 0 of 160 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 8 of 160 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 4 of 160 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 55 of 160 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 29 of 160 occurrencesPleistocene — about 55 of 160 occurrences67–65 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences65–63 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences63–61 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences61–58 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences58–56 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences56–54 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences54–52 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences52–49 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences49–47 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences47–45 Mya — about 1 occurrence45–43 Mya — about 1 occurrence43–40 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 1 occurrence36–34 Mya — about 2 occurrences34–31 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences31–29 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences25–22 Mya — about 2 occurrences22–20 Mya — about 3 occurrences20–18 Mya — about 5 occurrences18–16 Mya — about 7 occurrences16–13 Mya — about 12 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 8 occurrences11–9.0 Mya — about 6 occurrences9.0–6.7 Mya — about 7 occurrences6.7–4.5 Mya — about 10 occurrences4.5–2.2 Mya — about 30 occurrences2.2–0 Mya — about 59 occurrences51.1 Mya11.7 ka67 Mya0 Mya

160 occurrences of Geochelone on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

160 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

49 formations

Koobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.26°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 4.29°N, 36.23°EKoobi Fora — 3.77°N, 36.44°EKoobi Fora — 3.78°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.94°N, 36.25°EKoobi Fora — 4.18°N, 36.42°EVogel River Series — 3.24°S, 35.22°EVogel River Series — 3.13°S, 35.13°EBaynunah — 23.07°N, 52.53°EBaynunah — 24.18°N, 52.57°EBaynunah — 24.12°N, 53.01°EBaynunah — 24.11°N, 52.44°EWood Mountain — 49.20°N, 106.20°WWood Mountain — 49.17°N, 105.99°WWood Mountain — 49.34°N, 106.53°WDam — 25.98°N, 49.39°E"unnamed sandstone" — 33.90°N, 117.00°WBrackwater Molasse — 48.35°N, 9.86°EBrackwater Molasse — 48.48°N, 10.10°EWalanae — 4.27°S, 120.00°EWalanae — 4.37°S, 120.04°EFleming — 31.00°N, 93.40°WFleming — 30.50°N, 95.00°WTamiami — 27.37°N, 82.45°WTamiami — 27.78°N, 82.68°WWalane — 4.38°S, 119.96°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.44°N, 11.04°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.09°N, 10.03°ECoja — 40.27°N, 7.99°WCoja — 40.54°N, 8.05°WOlduvai — 2.99°S, 35.42°ELothagam 1 — 2.88°N, 36.07°EKanapoi — 2.32°N, 36.07°ENubia — 16.25°N, 33.75°EVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°E2 — 11.06°N, 42.28°ECypress Hills — 49.60°N, 108.80°WOgallala — 39.08°N, 99.75°WValentine — 40.02°N, 98.53°WC1/LR — 33.58°N, 7.65°WNawata — 2.90°N, 36.05°E

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The named rock units Geochelone has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 25 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 65 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Geochelone and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Geochelone and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

2,326 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 158 sites for Geochelone, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

88 references

Each of the 160 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 76 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content3

Picture of Geochelone

Credit
en:User:Cburnett
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Structured light scan

Licence
In Copyright
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Geochelone elegans · zmuc:rept:R2560

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Fitzinger 1835