Name
Shweboemys.
Phonetic
Shwee-bo-miss.
Named By
Swinton - 1939.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Anapsida, Testudines, Pleurodira, Pelomedusoidea, Podocnemididae.
Diet
Uncertain.
Species
S. pisdurensis
Size
Unavailable.
Known locations
India - Kunnam Formation, Lameta Formation.
Time Period
Turonian to Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation
Partial remains.
Shweboemys is a genus of turtle that is known to have lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous. A former species of Shweboemys, S. gaffneyi, has now been renamed as a distinct genus called Brontochelys.
– A new fossil fresh-water tortoise from Burma. – Records of the Geological Survey of India 74(4):548-551. – W. E. Swinton – 1939.
