''Hadrianus'' is an
extinct
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genus
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of
tortoise
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belonging to the
Testudinidae found in the
United States
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, the
Yolomécatl Formation of
Mexico
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, the
Alai Beds of
Kyrgyzstan
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and
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
and believed to be the oldest true tortoise known.
[ 2004 "Skeletochronology as a method of aging Oligocene ''Gopherus laticuneus'' and ''Stylemys nebrascensis'', using ''Gopherus polyphemus'' as a modern analog" Thesis, University of Florida.] The genus is thought to be closely related to the genus ''
Manouria
''Manouria'' is a genus of tortoises in the family Testudinidae. The genus was erected by John Edward Gray in 1854.
Species
The following five species are recognized as being valid, two of which are extant, and three of which are extinct:
*''Ma ...
''.
The genus may have evolved in the subtropics of Asia and subsequently migrated to North America and Europe.
References
Prehistoric life of Europe
Hadrianus (genus)
Eocene reptiles of North America
Prehistoric turtle genera
Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
Extinct turtles
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