Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Alternative combination: Geoclemys palaeannamitica

Full reference: R. Bourret. 1941. Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine Française. XXI. Reptiles et Batraciens reçus au Laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles de l'Université au cours de l'année 1940. Description d'une espèce fossile nouvelle. 1-16

Belongs to Chinemys according to R. Bour 1980

See also Bourret 1941

Sister taxa: Chinemys nigricans, Chinemys reevesii

Type specimen: MNHN 1948-42, a partial skull. Its type locality is Thung Gianh Cave, which is in a Holocene cave horizon in Vietnam.

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at Thung Gianh Cave

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