Kurmademys
Appearance
Kurmademys 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: | †Kurmademys Gaffneyet al., 2001 |
Species | |
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Kurmademysis an extinct genus ofside-neckedturtlewhich existed inIndiaduring thelate Cretaceousperiod.[1]It was first named in 2001, byEugene S. Gaffney,Sankar Chatterjee,and Dhiraj K. Rudra, and contains the speciesKurmademys kallamedensis.[1]The species name is derived from theKallamedu Formationof southern India, where the type specimen of the genus was discovered.[1]It was assigned to the familyBothremydidae.[1]
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