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1974 AUFFENBERG: FOSSIL TORTOISE CHECKLIST 173 County, Utah, U.S.A.; Horizon B or C, Uinta Formation, Uintan Faunal age, Late Eocene. GEOLOGIC RANGE.-Late Eocene. GEOGRAPHIC RANGE.-Utah, U.S.A. Subgenus fMegalochelys Falconer and Cautley Megalochelys Falconer and Cautley 1837, p. 358. Colossochelys Falconer and Cautley 1844, p. 54. Testudo Lydekker 1880, p. 20 (part). TYPE SPECIES.-Colossochelys atlas Falconer and Cautley (= Geo- chelone [Megalochelys] atlas [Falconer and Cautley]). DEFINITION.-An Old World subdivision of the genus Geochelone in which the included species are large, thick-shelled tortoises with swollen areas on the peripherals, nuchal scute absent, two gular scutes, epiplastron strongly bifurcated anteriorly, and no narrowed pectorals. GEOLOGIC RANCE.-Pleistocene and perhaps Recent. GEOGRAPHIC RANGE.-Southeast Asia, East Indies, Mauritius Island, Mascarene Group, Indian Ocean. REMARKS.-An extinct, but specialized small group of large to giant tortoises. Geochelone (Megalochelys) atlas (Falconer and Cautley) Megalochelys sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1837, p. 358 (subsequently withdrawn). Colossochelys atlas Falconer and Cautley 1844, p. 54. Colossochelys (Megalochelys) atlas Maack 1869, p. 223. Testudo (Colossochelys) atlas Lydekker 1880, p. 20. Testudo (Megalochelys) atlas Lydekker 1889b, p. 209. Testudo atlas Brown 1931, p. 183. ?Testudo margae Hooijer 1948, p. 1169, fig. 1 (Pleistocene, Celebes). Testudo margae Hooijer 1954, p. 486. TYPE.-British Museum (Natural History); an epiplastron. TYPE LOCALITY AND HORIZON.-Siwalik Hills, Punjab, India; Siwalik Beds, Manchhar Series, Boulder-Conglomerate, Early Pleistocene. GEOLOGIC RANGE.-Early to Late Pleistocene. GEOGRAPHIC RANGE.-Punjab, India, Upper Burma, Java, Celebes, and Timor. REMARKS.-According to Lydekker (1889b) G. atlas is close to G. perpiniana. The 12-foot composite reconstruction of the type and as- sociated specimens by Falconer is incorrect; it should be closer to 6 feet (Lydekker 1889b). For latest discussion, see Hooijer (1971). Geochelone (?Megalochelys) cautleyi (Lydekker) Cautleya annuliger Theobald 1879, p. 186 (nomen nudum)..

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