Pangshura tatrotia

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Suborder:Cryptodira
Pangshura tatrotia
Temporal range: Early Pliocene, 5.332–3.6 Ma[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Pangshura
Species:
P. tatrotia
Binomial name
Pangshura tatrotia
Joyce & Lyson, 2010[2]

Pangshura tatrotia is an extinct species of turtle belonging to the family Geoemydidae.[1][2] It is known from the Early Pliocene of the Tatrot Formation near Padhri in Pakistan. It is known from a single specimen, a fossil shell collected in 1932 or 1933 by a Yale University expedition. It is similar to living species of Pangshura, but differs in details of shell anatomy.[2]

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