Sankuchemys

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Sankuchemys
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Bothremydidae
Tribe: Kurmademydini
Genus: Sankuchemys
Gaffney et al., 2003
Species

Sankuchemys sethnai

Sankuchemys is an extinct genus of side-necked turtle whose fossils had been found in the Intertrappean Formation of India during the late Cretaceous period. [1] It was first named by Eugene S. Gaffney, Ashok Sahni, Herman Schleich, Swarn Deep Singh, and Rahul Srivastava in 2003, and contains the species Sankuchemys sethnai. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Gaffney, Eugene S.; Sahni, Ashok; Schleich, Herman; Singh, Swarn Deep; Srivastava, Rahul (2003). "Sankuchemys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of India". American Museum Novitates (3405): 1–10. doi: 10.1206/0003-0082(2003)405<0001:SANSTP>2.0.CO;2 (inactive 1 July 2025). hdl: 2246/2831 . S2CID   86682833.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)