Centrochelys atlantica

Centrochelys atlantica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Testudinidae
Genus:	Centrochelys
Species:	C. atlantica
Binomial name
Centrochelys atlantica (López-Jurado, Mateo, & García-Márquez 1998)[1]

Centrochelys atlantica is an extinct species of turtle that lived in the Pleistocene and was first recorded in the volcanic crater on Sal, Cape Verde (Chevalier et al. 1935).^[2] It was initially identified as similar to the extant Testudo calcarata (= Centrochelys sulcata). The species is no longer present anywhere in the Cape Verde islands. López-Jurado et al. (1998) redescribed It has since been described as a new species, differentiated from C. sulcata by its smaller size and lesser robusticity (López-Jurado et al., 1998). It does not seem there is any evidence this species came into contact with humans.(TEWG, 2015)^[3]

References

1. López-Jurad o, L.F., Mateo, J.A., and García-Márqu ez, M. 1998. La tortuga fósil de la isla de Sal (Archipiélago de Cabo Verde). Revista Española de Herpetología 12:111–114.
2. Cheval ier, A., Joleaud , L., and Petit, G. 1935. Les dépôts quaternaires de l’ancien cratère de Pedra de Lume (île de Sal, archipel du Cap-Vert). Comptes Rendus des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 200:1334–1335.
3. Turtle Extinctions Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Thomson, S., Georgalis, G., Karl, H.-V., Danilov, I.G., Takahashi, A., de la Fuente, M.S., Bourque, J.R., Delfino, M., Bour, R., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2015. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs. 5(8):000e.1–66.