After Holroyd & Parham, 2003
†Gigantochersina Chkhikvadze, 1989 Testudo Geochelone (Geochelone) Geochelone sensu lato †Gigantochersina ammon (Andrews in Andrews & Beadnell, 1903) Testudo ammon Andrews in Andrews & Beadnell, 1903 Testudo beadnelli Andrews, 1906 Testudo isis Andrews, 1906 Geochelone (Geochelone) ammon (Andrews); Auffenberg, 1974 Geochelone (Geochelone) beadnelli (Andrews); Auffenberg, 1974 “Testudo” ammon Andrews; Thomas et al., 1989 Gigantochersina ammon (Andrews); Chkhikvadze, 1989 Gigantochersina ammon (Andrews); Lapparent de Broin & van Dzik, 1990 Geochelone sensu lato; Roset et al., 1990 Gigantochersina ammon (Andrews); Lapparent de Broin, 2000] Gigantochersina ammon (Andrews); Holroyd & Parham, 2003
Reference(s):
- Holroyd, P. A. & Parham, J. F., 2003: The antiquity of African tortoises.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 23, #3, pp. 688-690 - Lapparent de Broin, F. de, 2000: African chelonians from the Jurassic to the Present: Phases of development and preliminary catalogue of the fossil record.
–Palaeontologica Africana:Vol. 36, pp. 43-82