†Geoemyda striata Deraniyagala 1969 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Full reference: P. E. P. Deraniyagala. 1969. A Miocene vertebrate faunule from the Malu member of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 31(II):1-17
Belongs to Geoemyda according to P. E. P. Deraniyagala 1969
See also Deraniyagala 1968
Sister taxa: Geoemyda (Geoliemys), Geoemyda amamiensis, Geoemyda eureia, Geoemyda headonensis, Geoemyda japonica, Geoemyda malustensis, Geoemyda mossoczyi, Geoemyda pidoplickai, Geoemyda ptychogastroides, Geoemyda spengleri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Aruwakkalu Hill, which is in a Langhian marine sandstone in the Jaffna Limestone Formation of Sri Lanka
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Aruwakkalu Hill
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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