Chitra chitra Nutaphand 1986 (softshell turtle)

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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