| 词条 | Geochelone vulcanica |
| 释义 |
| name = Gran Canaria giant tortoise | fossil_range = Miocene-Pleistocene | image = | image_caption = | genus = Geochelone | species = vulcanica | authority = López-Jurado & Mateo, 1993 }} The Gran Canaria giant tortoise[1] (Geochelone vulcanica) is an extinct species of cryptodire turtle in the family Testudinidae endemic to the island of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands.[2] CharacteristicsThis is one of the two described species of giant tortoises that inhabited the Canary Islands from the Miocene to the upper Pleistocene. The other species is G. burchardi, from the island of Tenerife.[3][4] G. vulcanica was described by López-Jurado & Mateo in 1993. It is believed that the ancestors of these two species of giant tortoises reached the Canary Islands from North Africa.[5] The majority of G. vulcanica fossils are of eggs and nests ranging in age from the Miocene until Pliocene. Bones and shells are known from the Miocene until the Upper Pleistocene. The maximum shell length is up to 61 centimeters, make it slightly smaller than G. burchardi, which had a shell length range of 65 to 94 cm.[6]Fossilized tortoise eggs have been found in the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura; however, these eggs have not yet been properly described or named.[7] The species of Fuerteventura has been linked to G. burchardi, but this identification is uncertain, and has been challenged.[8][9] See also
References1. ^The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database Extinct Reptiles: Geochelone vulcanica 2. ^La Paleontología de vertebrados en Canarias 3. ^Fauna subfósil de las Islas Canarias 4. ^La Paleontología de vertebrados en Canarias 5. ^[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260591707_El_legado_paleontologico_de_nuestras_islas_un_patrimonio_a_conservar El legado paleontológico de nuestras islas] 6. ^[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260591707_El_legado_paleontologico_de_nuestras_islas_un_patrimonio_a_conservar El legado paleontológico de nuestras islas] 7. ^Fauna subfósil de las Islas Canarias 8. ^New chelonian eggs from the Tertiary of Lanzarote of Fuerteventura 9. ^The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database Extinct Reptiles: Geochelone 9 : Miocene turtles|Geochelone|Extinct reptiles|Reptiles of the Canary Islands|Pliocene turtles|Pleistocene turtles|Miocene species first appearances|Pleistocene species extinctions|Fossil taxa described in 1993 |
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