Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Etymology. The specific name is in honour of the late Prof. Tapan Roy Chowdhury of the Indian Statistical Institute, the distinguished teacher and researcher of Indian fossils, who established a school of vertebrate palaeontologists in India.
Full reference: R. Garbin, S. Bandyopadhyay, and W. G. Joyce. 2020. A taxonomic revision of geoemydid turtles from Siwalik-age of India and Pakistan. European Journal of Taxonomy 652:1-67
Belongs to Melanochelys according to R. Garbin et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Melanochelys sivalensis, Melanochelys tricarinata, Melanochelys trijuga
Type specimen: BMNH 39839, a shell (a near complete fossil shell). Its type locality is Siwalik Hills, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene fluvial horizon in the Pinjor Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Siwalik Hills
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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