Biology:Kurmademys
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Short description: Extinct genus of turtles
Kurmademys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | †Bothremydidae |
Tribe: | †Kurmademydini |
Genus: | †Kurmademys Gaffney et al., 2001 |
Species | |
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Kurmademys is an extinct genus of side-necked turtle which existed in India during the late Cretaceous period.[1] It was first named in 2001, by Eugene S. Gaffney, Sankar Chatterjee, and Dhiraj K. Rudra, and contains the species Kurmademys kallamedensis.[1] The species name is derived from the Kallamedu Formation of southern India, where the type specimen of the genus was discovered.[1] It was assigned to the family Bothremydidae.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gaffney, Eugene S; Chatterjee, Sankar; Rudra, Dhiraj K. (2001). "Kurmademys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of India" (pdf). American Museum Novitates (3321): 1–16. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2001)321<0001:kansnt>2.0.co;2. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/2938.
External links
- Kurmademys at the Paleobiology Database
Wikidata ☰ Q6446166 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurmademys.
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