Chitra Gray 1844 (softshell turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Parent taxon: Chitrainae according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2022
See also Carroll 1988, Frank and Ramus 1996, Lydekker 1889 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxon: Pelochelys
Subtaxa: Chitra chitra Chitra indica Chitra vandijki
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (1 collection), Indonesia (1), Thailand (1)
• Miocene of Nepal (1), Thailand (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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