Pangshura tatrotia-type locality (Pliocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Yale North India Expedition locality 99

Where: Pakistan (32.9° N, 73.3° E: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 73.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Tatrot Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. G. Joyce and T. R. Lyson. 2010. Pangshura tatrotia, a new species of pond turtle (Testudinoidea) from the Pliocene Siwaliks of Pakistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3):449-458 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196862: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 11.10.2018

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Pangshura tatrotia n. sp. Joyce and Lyson 2010 turtle
Holotype: YPM 4127 (shell)