A new species of Psammobates (Reptilia: Testudinidae) from the early Pleistocene of South Africa.
Date
1997
Authors
Broadley, Donald G.
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Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research
Abstract
A new species of Psammobates Fitzinger is described from early Pleistocene cave deposits at
Sterkfontein in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. It seems to be most closely related to
P. oculiferus (Kuhl), which today occurs to the west and north of the type locality, but the proportions
of its depressed carapace come closest to Homopusfemoralis Boulenger.
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Keywords
Psammobates, Pleistocene, South Africa, Drimolen.
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