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Extinct genus of turtle
Sokatra is an
extinct
genus of
pleurodiran turtle, known from the
Cretaceous (
Maastrichtian)
Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.
[1] It belongs to the family
Sahonachelyidae.
[2]
References
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^ Gaffney, Eugene S.; Krause, David W. (22 December 2011).
"Sokatra , a New Side-Necked Turtle (Late Cretaceous, Madagascar) and the Diversification of the Main Groups of Pelomedusoides". American Museum Novitates (3728): 1–28.
doi:
10.1206/3728.2.
ISSN
0003-0082.
S2CID
83533723.
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^ Joyce, W. G.; Rollot, Y.; Evers, S. W.; Lyson, T. R.; Rahantarisoa, L. J.; Krause, D. W. (2021).
"A new pelomedusoid turtle, Sahonachelys mailakavava, from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of specialized suction feeding among pleurodires". Royal Society Open Science. 8 (5): Article ID 210098.
Bibcode:
2021RSOS....810098J.
doi:
10.1098/rsos.210098.
PMC
8097199.
PMID
34035950.