Chitra chitra Nutaphand 1986 (softshell turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Synonym: Chitra selenkae Jaekel 1911 [replaced name]
Full reference: W. Nutaphand. 1986. [Manlai. The world’s biggest softshell turtle]. Thai Zoological Magazine 1:64-70
Belongs to Chitra according to Nutaphand 1986
See also Jaekel 1911 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Chitra indica, Chitra vandijki
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Trinil (Quaternary of Indonesia)
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