Kurmademys
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Tribe: | †Kurmademydini |
| Subtribe: | †Kurmademys Gaffney et. al, 2001 |
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Kurmademys kallamedensis |
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Kurmademys is an extinct genus of side-necked turtle which existed in India during the late Cretaceous period.[1] It was first named in 2001, by Eugene S. Gaffney, Sankar Chatterjee, and Dhiraj K. Rudra, and contains the species Kurmademys kallamedensis.[1] The species name is derived from the Kallamedu Formation of southern India, where the type specimen of the genus was discovered.[1] It was assigned to the family Bothremydidae.[1]
References
External links
- Kurmademys at the Paleobiology Database
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