Where: Suphan Buri, Thailand (14.5° N, 100.0° E: paleocoordinates 14.6° N, 100.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• 14C AMS dating on a necklace made by giant clam shells
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Primary reference: J. Claude, P. Auetrakulvit, W. Naksri, C. Bochaton, V. Zeitoun and H. Tong. 2019. The recent fossil turtle record of the central plain of Thailand reveals local extinctions. Annales de Paléontologie 1-11 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 201928: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 11.06.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Amyda ornata softshell turtle Hyoplastron, lower jaw, and other isolated plastral and carapacial elements including costal plates. MNI = 2
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Cuora amboinensis, Batagur cf. affinis, Malayemys macrocephala, Heosemys sp., Heosemys annandalii, Siebenrockiella crassicollis
Cuora amboinensis Riche 1801 Southeast Asian box turtle Epiplastron, entoplastron, hyoplastron, hypoplastron, xiphiplastron, peripheral, suprapygal, costal, nuchal plates and scapulae. MNI = 13
Batagur cf. affinis Cantor 1847 Southern River terrapin Epiplastron, costal, peripheral, neural plates and the posterior portion of a skull. MNI = 2
Malayemys macrocephala Gray 1859 Malayan snail-eating turtle Nuchal, peripheral, neural, costal, epiplastron, hyoplastron, hypoplastron, xiphiplastron plates and mandibles. MNI = 4
Heosemys sp. Gray 1831 Forest turtles Epiplastron, xiphiplastron, hyoplastron, hypoplastron, peripheral, neural and costal plates. MNI = 2
Heosemys annandalii Boulenger 1903 Yellow-headed temple turtle Nuchal and posterior peripheral plates. MNI = 1
Siebenrockiella crassicollis Gray 1830 black marsh turtle Nuchal, costal, hyoplastron and neural plates. MNI = 3
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