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]
| Jainemys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Holotype of Jainemys | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Subfamily: | †Kurmademydinae |
| Tribe: | †Kurmademydini |
| Genus: | †Jainemys Joyce & Bandyopadhyay, 2020 |
| Species: | †J. pisdurensis
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| †Jainemys pisdurensis Joyce & Bandyopadhyay, 2020
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The holotype of Jainemys is a partial cranium, and the only element assigned to "Carteremys" not to be reassigned to another genus.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Walter G. Joyce; Saswati Bandyopadhyay (2020). "A revision of the pelomedusoid turtle Jainemys pisdurensis from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Lameta Formation of India". PeerJ. 8: e9330. doi:10.7717/peerj.9330. PMC 7316078. PMID 32607283.
- ^ a b Jain, S. L. (1977). "A new fossil pelomedusid turtle from the Upper Cretaceous Pisdura sediments, central India". Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India. 20: 360–365.
- ^ Wood, R. C. (1984). "Evolution of the Pelomedusid turtles". Studia Palaeocheloniologica. 1: 269–282.
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