Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Full reference: W. E. Swinton. 1939. A new fossil fresh-water tortoise from Burma. Records of the Geological Survey of India 74(4):548-551
Parent taxon: Podocnemididae according to R. Hirayama et al. 2023
See also Cadena et al. 2012, Carroll 1988, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Gaffney et al. 2011, Swinton 1939 and Zangerl 1948
Sister taxa: Albertwoodemys, Bairdemys, Bauruemydinae, Bauruemys, Brontochelys, Cambaremys, Carbonemys, Cerrejonemys, Cordichelys, Dacquemys, Erymnochelyinae, Erymnochelys, Gestemys, Kenyemys, Lapparentemys, Latentemys, Lemurchelys, Mogharemys, Neochelys, Papoulemys, Peiropemys, Peltocephalus, Podocnemidinae, Stereogenyina, Stereogenyini, Stereogenys, Turkanemys
Subtaxa: Shweboemys pilgrimi
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Myanmar (1 collection)
• Miocene of Myanmar (1)
• Cretaceous of India (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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