Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Full reference: J. Claude, J.-Y. Zhang, J.-J. Li, J.-Y. Mo, X.-W. Kuang and H. Tong. 2012. Geoemydid turtles from the Late Eocene Maoming basin, southern China. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 183(6):641-651
Belongs to Guangdongemys according to J. Claude et al. 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V.14561, a partial skeleton (partial shell, missing the posterior part of the carapace from the sixth neural and seventh costal to the posterior end and the xiphiplastron). Its type locality is Maoming Basin, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian lacustrine - large shale in the Youganwo Formation of China.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Maoming Basin
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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