†Shweboemys pilgrimi Swinton 1939 (sideneck turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Full reference: W. E. Swinton. 1939. A new fossil fresh-water tortoise from Burma. Records of the Geological Survey of India 74(4):548-551
Belongs to Shweboemys according to R. Hirayama et al. 2023
See also Swinton 1939
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GSI 17255, a partial skull. Its type locality is NNE of Mauktet, which is in a Miocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in the Irrawaddy Formation of Myanmar.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Myanmar (1 collection)
• Miocene of Myanmar (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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