Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae

Full reference: W. G. Joyce and T. R. Lyson. 2010. Pangshura tatrotia, a new species of pond turtle (Testudinoidea) from the Pliocene Siwaliks of Pakistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3):449-458

Belongs to Pangshura according to R. Garbin et al. 2020

See also Joyce and Lyson 2010

Sister taxa: Pangshura smithii, Pangshura sylhetensis, Pangshura tecta, Pangshura tentoria

Type specimen: YPM 4127, a set of postcrania (an all but complete shell that documents nearly all portions of the carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Pangshura tatrotia-type locality, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in the Tatrot Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Pangshura tatrotia-type locality

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.