Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Alternative combinations: Clemmys pygolopha, Emys pygolopha
Full reference: K. Peters. 1868. Zur Kenntnis der Wirbelthiere aus den Miocenschichten von Eibiswald in Steiermark. I. Die Schildkrötenreste. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe 57:72-74
Belongs to Mauremys according to H.-V. Karl 2013
See also Hervet 2004
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 reevesii, Mauremys rivulata, Mauremys sarmatica, Mauremys sinensis, Mauremys sophiae, Mauremys thanhinensis, Mauremys yabei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vordersdorf, which is in a Langhian mire/swamp coal in the Eibiswald Formation of Austria
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), France (3), Germany (2)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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