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