Sankuchemys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides, Bothremydidae) from the late Cretaceous of India. American Museum novitates ; no. 3405
| dc.contributor.author | Gaffney, Eugene S. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Sahni, Ashok. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Schleich, Hans-Hermann, 1952- | |
| dc.contributor.author | Singh, Swarn Deep. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Srivastava, Rahul (Geologist) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2005-10-06T16:39:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2005-10-06T16:39:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | en_US |
| dc.description | 10 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 10). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 519762 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/2831 | |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | American Museum novitates ; no. 3405 | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcc | QL1 .A436 no.3405 2003 | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Sankuchemys sethnai. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Turtles, Fossil -- India -- Bombay Region. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Reptiles, Fossil -- India -- Bombay Region. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Paleontology -- Cretaceous -- India -- Bombay Region. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Paleontology -- India -- Bombay Region. | en_US |
| dc.title | Sankuchemys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides, Bothremydidae) from the late Cretaceous of India. American Museum novitates ; no. 3405 | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Sankuchemys, new side-necked turtle | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
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