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Pangshura

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Pangshura
Temporal range: Pliocene–recent, 5.332–0 Ma[1]
Pangshura tecta,
Indian roofed turtle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Subfamily: Geoemydinae
Genus: Pangshura
Gray, 1856
Species

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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.[2] A fifth member, Pangshura tatrotia, was described in 2010, but it is only known from Pliocene fossils.[3]

Species

The described species are:[4][1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pangshura Gray 1856". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  2. ^ Chelonia.org
  3. ^ 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. S2CID 54803213.
  4. ^ Pangshura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 October 2023.
  5. ^ Rhodin 2010, p. 000.114
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