Reptilia - Testudines - Macrobaenidae

species name from Latin multi: multiple; porcata: from Latin porca, ridge

Full reference: H. Tong, P. Chanthasit, W. Naksri, P. Ditbanjong, S. Suteethorn, E. Buffetaut, V. Suteethorn, K. Wongko, U. Deesri and J. Claude. 2021. Yakemys multiporcata n. g. n. sp., a Large Macrobaenid Turtle from the Basal Cretaceous of Thailand, with a Review of the Turtle Fauna from the Phu Kradung Formation and Its Stratigraphical Implications. Diversity 13(12):1-18

Belongs to Yakemys according to H. Tong et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SM KS39, a partial shell. Its type locality is Ban Huai Yang, which is in a Tithonian/Berriasian fluvial siltstone in the Phu Kradung Formation of Thailand.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Ban Huai Yang

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