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Order: Casichelydia
Family: Testudinidae
Species: Geochelone elegans  
Cat No: NRM 31478. N=1
Determiner: Smitt, FA Length: 117 mm SL Preparation: Skeleton
Continent/Ocean: Unknown Country: UNKNOWN COUNTRY State/Province:
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin: Ocean:
Locality: No data - Probably from the old collection (before 1839)
Field Number: KVA-UNKNOWN Leg: Unknown Date: 1750-1839

Object remarks: Marked A. and T: Geometrica on plastron/bridge, the latter possibly by Quensel's hand. Quensel notes 3 specimens of T. geometrica in his catalogue 1802 and Sundevall lists 5 candidates in 1840 which makes identity slightly uncertain /EIÅ, 2013
Locality remarks: Probably antedating 1819 /EIÅ, 2019

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