Mauremys thanhinensis Claude et al. 2007 (pond turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae

Full reference: J. Claude, V. Suteethorn, and H. Tong. 2007. Turtles from the late Eocene – early Oligocene of the Krabi Basin (Thailand). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 178(4):305-316

Belongs to Mauremys according to J. Claude et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Clemmys precaspica, Emys prosigriz, Mauremys annamensis, Mauremys aristotelica, Mauremys caspica, Mauremys fenhoense, Mauremys gaudryi, Mauremys guntiana, Mauremys isoclina, Mauremys japonica, Mauremys leprosa, Mauremys massiliensis, Mauremys mutica, Mauremys nigricans, Mauremys portisi, Mauremys pygolopha, Mauremys reevesii, Mauremys rivulata, Mauremys sarmatica, Mauremys sinensis, Mauremys sophiae, Mauremys yabei

Type specimen: TF9001, a partial skeleton (carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Bang Pu Dam Coal Pit, which is in an Eocene terrestrial lignite in Thailand.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Bang Pu Dam Coal Pit

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