Pangshura
| Pangshura | |
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| Pangshura tecta, Indian roofed turtle | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Genus: | Pangshura Gray, 1856 |
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Pangshura is a genus of geoemydid turtles endemic to South Asia. Its member species were formerly in the obsolete genus Kachuga.[1] A fifth member, Pangshura tatrotia, was described in 2010, but it is only known from Pliocene fossils.[2]
Species
The described species are:
- Pangshura smithii - brown roofed turtle
- Pangshura sylhetensis - Assam roofed turtle[3]
- Pangshura tecta - Indian roofed turtle
- Pangshura tentoria - Indian tent turtle
- †Pangshura tatrotia (fossil)
References
- ↑ Chelonia.org
- ↑ Joyce, Walter G.; Lyson, Tyler R. (2010). "Pangshura tatrotia, a new species of pond turtle (Testudinoidea) from the Pliocene Siwaliks of Pakistan". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 (3): 449–458. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.500879. ISSN 1477-2019.
- ↑ Rhodin 2010, p. 000.114
External links
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status". Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
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