Kurmademys
| 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 Gaffneyet al., 2001 |
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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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