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]
Sankuchemys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification | |
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 |
References
edit- ^ a b 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" (pdf). American Museum Novitates (3405): 1–10. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2003)405<0001:sanstp>2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/2831. S2CID 86682833.1-10&rft.date=2003&rft_id=info:hdl/2246/2831&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:86682833#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1206/0003-0082(2003)405<0001:sanstp>2.0.co;2&rft.aulast=Gaffney&rft.aufirst=Eugene S.&rft.au=Sahni, Ashok&rft.au=Schleich, Herman&rft.au=Singh, Swarn Deep&rft.au=Srivastava, Rahul&rft_id=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/2831&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sankuchemys" class="Z3988">
External links
edit- Sankuchemys at the Paleobiology Database