Ban Ku Muang (Holocene of Thailand)

Where: Singburi, Thailand (15.0° N, 100.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.0° N, 100.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: 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 201942: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 11.06.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Several mammal species (domesticated and hunted), birds, fishes, and reptiles were discovered. Reptiles include turtles, monitor lizards, and crocodiles
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Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Amyda ornata
Amyda ornata softshell turtle
Partial carapace and plastral plates, MNI = 1
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Cuora amboinensis, Batagur cf. affinis, Malayemys macrocephala, Heosemys sp., Heosemys annandalii, Heosemys grandis
Cuora amboinensis Riche 1801 Southeast Asian box turtle
Xiphiplastron, hyoplastron, hypoplastron, peripheral plates. MNI = 2
Batagur cf. affinis Cantor 1847 Southern River terrapin
Peripheral, costal, neural plates. MNI = 1
Malayemys macrocephala Gray 1859 Malayan snail-eating turtle
Hyoplastron, hypoplastron, costal, peripheral, nuchal, xiphiplastron, neural, epiplastron plates and lower jaws. MNI = 23
Heosemys sp. Gray 1831 Forest turtles
Epiplastron, hyoplastron, hyoplastron, costal, peripheral, xiphiplastron plates MNI = 1
Heosemys annandalii Boulenger 1903 Yellow-headed temple turtle
Nuchal plates. MNI = 2
Heosemys grandis Gray 1860 Giant Asian pond turtle
Posterior peripheral plates. MNI = 1
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
Peripheral plates MNI = 1