Megalochelys sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1837 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Synonyms: Cautleya annuliger Lydekker 1885, Colossochelys atlas Falconer and Cautley 1844 [objective synonym], Geochelone atlas Falconer and Cautley 1844 [objective synonym], Megalochelys atlas Falconer and Cautley 1844 [objective synonym], Testudo punjabiensis Lydekker 1889

Full reference: H. Falconer and P. T. Cautley. 1837. On additional fossil species of the order Quadrumona from Siwaliks Hill. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 6:354-360

Belongs to Megalochelys according to E. Vlachos 2019

See also Falconer and Cautley 1837, Falconer and Cautley 1844, Hooijer 1971, Lydekker 1889, Setiyabudi 2009, Srivastava and Schleich 2018, Vlachos and Rabi 2018 and Williams 1952

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Megalochelys sivalensis: Its type locality is Siwalik Hills, which is in a Pliocene fluvial horizon in the Pinjor Formation of Pakistan
  • Cautleya annuliger:
  • Colossochelys atlas: Its type locality is Siwalik Hills, which is in a Pliocene fluvial horizon in the Pinjor Formation of Pakistan.
  • Testudo punjabiensis: Indian Museum, Calcutta specimen (cast in BMNH R599), a partial shell (right epiplastral). Its type locality is Siwalik Hills, which is in a Pliocene fluvial horizon in the Pinjor Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Indonesia (3 collections)

• Pliocene of India (2), Indonesia (2), Pakistan (1)

• Miocene of India (1), Thailand (1)

Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences

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