| Kurmademys Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | † Bothremydidae |
| Tribe: | † Kurmademydini |
| Genus: | †
Kurmademys Gaffney et al., 2001 |
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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
- ^ a b c d 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. hdl: 2246/2938. S2CID 53980146.
External links
- Kurmademys at the Paleobiology Database
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