Kurmademys
Name:
Kurmademys.
Phonetic: Kur-mah-dem-iss.
Named By: E. S. Gaffney, S. Chatterjee,
& D. K. Rudra - 2001.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Testudines,
Pleurodira, Bothremydidae.
Species: K. kallamedensis
(type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: India - Kallamedu Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Kurmademys is a genus of side-necked turtle that lived in India during the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- Kurmademys, a new side-necked turtle
(Pelomedusoides:
Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of India. - American
Museum Novitates 3321:1-16. - E. S. Gaffney, S.
Chatterjee, & D. K. Rudra - 2001.
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