Title
Sankuchemys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides, Bothremydidae) from the late Cretaceous of India
Title Variants
Alternative:
Sankuchemys, new side-necked turtle
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3405
By
Gaffney, Eugene S.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2003
Notes
Title from caption.
"May 22, 2003."
"The Maastrichtian Deccan Intertrappean beds of Amboli Quarry, Bombay, yielded the skull of a new genus of side-necked turtle. Sankuchemys sethnai, new genus and species, is a pelomedusoid pleurodire belonging to the family Bothremydidae Baur, 1891, based on these characters: (1) exoccipital-quadrate contact, and (2) foramen stapedio-temporale not visible in dorsal view. Sankuchemys is most closely related to Kurmademys from the Maastrichtian of Tamil Nadu, because among bothremydids they uniquely share a highly emarginated temporal roof and a small postorbital. Sankuchemys is unique among bothremydids in having an accessory ridge on the triturating surface"--P. [1].
Subjects
Bombay Region
,
Cretaceous
,
India
,
Paleontology
,
Reptiles, Fossil
,
Sankuchemys sethnai
,
Turtles, Fossil
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3405, 2003
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2003)405<0001:SANSTP>2.0.CO;2
OCLC:
52320797
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