Chersina

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Chersina
Temporal range:
Ma
Angulate tortoise (Chersina angulata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Chersina
Gray, 1830
Species

Chersina is a genus of

Testudinidae. It contains a single living species, the angulate tortoise.[1] A fossil species, Chersina langebaanwegi, is known from the Early Pliocene of South Africa.[2]

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