“…The taxonomy of large and giant fossil tortoise species has been puzzling for decades, and only recently have we started to understand their true diversity and their relationships. Historically, all giant tortoise species were considered as members of Testudo Linnaeus, 1758 (a name now restricted to five extant species and their closely related, extinct taxa; TTWG, 2021), like the majority of other tortoises, and were later transferred into other 'wastebasket genera', in particular Cheirogaster Bergounioux, 1935 andGeochelone Fitzinger, 1835 (Bergounioux, 1935;Hummel, 1935;Kuhn, 1964;Auffenberg, 1974;de Broin, 1977;Fritz & Bininda-Emonds, 2007;Georgalis & Kear, 2013;Luján et al, 2014;Vlachos et al, 2014).…”