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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Tribe: | †Kurmademydini |
| Genus: | †Sankuchemys Gaffney et al., 2003 |
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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.
External links
edit- Sankuchemys at the Paleobiology Database
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