Piramys auffenbergi Prasad 1974 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Full reference: K. N. Prasad. 1974. The vertebrate fauna from Piram Island, Gujarat, India. Palaeontologia Indica 41:1-21

Belongs to Piramys according to G. S. Ferreira et al. 2018

See also Prasad 1974

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSI 18133, a skull. Its type locality is Piram Island, which is in a Miocene coastal conglomerate in the Piram Conglomerate Formation of India.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Piram Island

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