The identity of the Plio-Pleistocene turtle, Geoemyda pilgrimi Prasad and Satsangi, 1967 (Testudines: Cryptodira: Bataguridae)

The taxonomic status of the Plio-Pleistocene batagurid turtle from the Indian Siwaliks, Geoemyda pilgrimi Prasad and Satsangi (1967) is reevaluated. Based on an ezamination of the holotype, a partially preserved shell, it is concluded that the material is inseparable from the extanr Hardella thurjii...

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Main Author: Das, I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for Herpetology, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust 1994
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11663/
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