Hardella siamensis Claude et al. 2007 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae

Full reference: J. Claude, V. Suteethorn, and H. Tong. 2007. Turtles from the late Eocene – early Oligocene of the Krabi Basin (Thailand). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 178(4):305-316

Belongs to Hardella according to J. Claude et al. 2007

Sister taxon: Hardella thurjii

Type specimen: TF90012, a partial skeleton (carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Bang Mark Lignite Mine, which is in an Eocene fluvial-lacustrine lignite in Thailand.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Bang Mark Lignite Mine

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