Tha Kae (Holocene of Thailand)

Where: Lopburi, Thailand (14.8° N, 100.6° E: paleocoordinates 14.8° N, 100.6° E)

When: Neolithic to Dvaravati other zone, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

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 201933: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 11.06.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Except mollusks, an important vertebrate fauna was discovered including crocodiles and turtles.
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Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Amyda ornata
Amyda ornata softshell turtle
Costal plates. MNI = 1
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet., ? Manouria emys, Indotestudo elongata, Geochelone sp.
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
Peripheral plates. MNI = 1
? Manouria emys Schlegel and Muller 1844 Asian brown tortoise
Partial xiphiplastra. MNI = 1
Indotestudo elongata Blyth 1853 Elongate tortoise
Xiphiplastron plate. MNI = 1
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
Hyoplastron, xiphiplastron. MNI = 2
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Malayemys macrocephala, Heosemys sp., Heosemys grandis, Siebenrockiella crassicollis, Batagur cf. affinis, Cuora amboinensis
Malayemys macrocephala Gray 1859 Malayan snail-eating turtle
Plastral and carapacial elements, mandibles, partial skulls. MNI = 5
Heosemys sp. Gray 1831 Forest turtles
Neural, costal, peripheral, entoplastron, hypoplastron plates. MNI = 1
Heosemys grandis Gray 1860 Giant Asian pond turtle
Nuchal plate. MNI = 1
Siebenrockiella crassicollis Gray 1830 black marsh turtle
First neural and first costal plates. MNI = 2
Batagur cf. affinis Cantor 1847 Southern River terrapin
Entoplastron, epiplastron, hyoplastron, peripheral plates. MNI = 2
Cuora amboinensis Riche 1801 Southeast Asian box turtle
Hypoplastron, peripheral, epiplastron plates. MNI = 1