Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae

From Sindh, the province of discovery in Pakistan.

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Full reference: F. de Lapparent de Broin, G. Metais, A. Bartolini, I. A. Brohi, R. A. Lashari, L. Marivaux, D. Merle, M. A. Warar, and S. H. Solangi. 2021. First report of a bothremydid turtle, Sindhochelys ragei n. gen., n. sp., from the early Paleocene of Pakistan, systematic and palaeobiogeographic implications. Geodiversitas 43(25):1341-1363

Parent taxon: Bothremydidae according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Arenila, Atolchelys, Azabbaremys, Bothremydinae, Bothremydini, Bothremydodda, Carteremys, Cearachelyini, Cearachelys, Chedighaii, Elochelys, Inaechelys, Kurmademydinae, Kurmademydini, Kurmademys, Labrostochelys, Nigeremys, Palemys, Phosphatochelys, Pleurochayah, Podocnemis somaliensis, Rhothonemys, Rosasia, Sankuchemys, Taphrosphyini, Taphrosphys, Ummulisani

Subtaxa: Sindhochelys ragei

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Type: Sindhochelys ragei

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at Laki Range - K18-12 (Paleocene of Pakistan)

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