Biology:Pangshura
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Short description: Genus of turtles
| Pangshura | |
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| Pangshura tecta, Indian roofed turtle | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Subfamily: | Geoemydinae |
| Genus: | Pangshura Gray, 1856 |
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Pangshura is a genus of geoemydid turtles endemic to South Asia. Its member species were formerly in the obsolete genus Kachuga.[2] A fifth member, Pangshura tatrotia, was described in 2010, but it is only known from Pliocene fossils.[3]
Species
The described species are:[4][1]
- Pangshura smithii – brown roofed turtle
- Pangshura sylhetensis – Assam roofed turtle[5]
- Pangshura tecta – Indian roofed turtle
- Pangshura tentoria – Indian tent turtle
- †Pangshura tatrotia (fossil)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Pangshura Gray 1856". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=377679.
- ↑ Chelonia.org
- ↑ Joyce, Walter G.; Lyson, Tyler R. (2010). "Pangshura tatrotia, a new species of pond turtle (Testudinoidea) from the Pliocene Siwaliks of Pakistan". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 (3): 449–458. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.500879.
- ↑ Pangshura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ Rhodin 2010, p. 000.114
External links
- Photos at Chelonia.org
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status". http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q2117373 entry
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