Cylindraspis
Cylindraspis 
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|---|---|
 | |
| Taksonomi | |
| Superkerajaan | Holozoa |
| Kerajaan | Animalia |
| Filum | Chordata |
| Kelas | Reptilia |
| Ordo | Testudines |
| Famili | Testudinidae |
| Genus | Cylindraspis Fitzinger, 1835 |
Cylindraspis adalah sebuah genus kura-kura raksasa yang telah punah. Semua spesiesnya hidup di Kepulauan Mascarene (Mauritius, Rodrigues dan Réunion) di Samudra Hindia dan semuanya punah karena perburuan dan kemunculan predator non-asli.[1]
Referensi
- ^ "Indian Ocean giant tortoises: their systematics and island adaptations". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences (dalam bahasa Inggris). 286 (1011): 127–145. 1979-07-03. doi:10.1098/rstb.1979.0022. ISSN 0080-4622.
Bacaan lanjutan
- Arnold, E.N. 1979. Indian Ocean giant tortoises: their systematics and island adaptations. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON B BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 286 (1011): 127-145
- Austin, J.J., Arnold, E.N. (2001). Ancient mitochondrial DNA and morphology elucidate an extinct island radiation of Indian Ocean giant tortoises (Cylindraspis). Proceedings: Biological Sciences, Volume 268, Number 1485, Pages: 2515–2523.
- Bour, R. 1980. Systematique des tortues terrestres des iles Mascareignes: genre Cylindraspis Fitzinger, 1835 (Reptilia, Chelonii). BULLETIN DU MUSEUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE SECTION A ZOOLOGIE BIOLOGIE ET ECOLOGIE ANIMALES 2 (3): 895-904
- Bour, R. 1984. Les tortues terrestres geantes des iles de l'ocean Indien occidental. Studia Geologica Salamanticensia 1; 17-76
- Cheke, A., Hume, J. (2008). Lost Land of the Dodo, An Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion & Rordrigues. T & AD Poyser, London.
- Gerlach, J. 2004. Giant tortoises of the Indian Ocean. The genus Dipsochelys inhabiting the Seychelles Islands and the extinct giants of Madagascar and the Mascarenes. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 208 pp.
- Gerlach, J. & Canning, K.L. 1997. Evolution and history of the giant tortoises of the Aldabra island group. Testudo 4(3); 33-40
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