Clade Palatochelydia Joyce and Lyson 2010 (turtle)

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

Parent taxon: Geoemydidae according to R. Garbin et al. 2020

See also Joyce and Lyson 2010

Sister taxa: Bridgeremys, Clemmydopsis, Cuora, Cyclemys, Echmatemys, Geiselemys, Geoemyda, Geoemydinae, Guangdongemys, Isometremys, Mauremys, Ocadia, Orlitia, Palaeochelyinae, Palaeochelys, Ptychogasterinae, Ptychogastrini, Rhinoclemmydinae, Rhinoclemmys, Sacalia, Siebenrockiella

Subtaxa: Batagur Geoclemys Hardella Pangshura

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (2 collections), Indonesia (3), Thailand (6)

• Pliocene of India (5), Pakistan (4)

• Miocene of India (1), Japan (3), Nepal (11)

• Eocene of Thailand (1)

Total: 36 collections including 46 occurrences

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