Jainemys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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Holotype of Jainemys | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | † Bothremydidae |
Subfamily: | † Kurmademydinae |
Tribe: | † Kurmademydini |
Genus: | † Jainemys Joyce & Bandyopadhyay, 2020 |
Species: | †J. pisdurensis |
Binomial name | |
†Jainemys pisdurensis Joyce & Bandyopadhyay, 2020 | |
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Jainemys (meaning "Jain's Turtle") is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that has been found in the Lameta Formation, India. [1] Originally described by Sohan Lal Jain in 1977 under the name " Carteremys " pisdurensis on the basis of having a deep upper temporal emargination. [2] In 1985, it was assigned to the genus Shweboemys. [3] The species was transferred to the new genus Jainemys by Joyce & Bandyopadhyay in 2020. [1]
The holotype of Jainemys is a partial cranium, and the only element assigned to "Carteremys" that is not to be reassigned to another genus. [1] [2]