Kurmademys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides, Bothremydidae) from the late Cretaceous of India. American Museum novitates ; no. 3321

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dc.contributor.authorGaffney, Eugene S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorChatterjee, Sankar.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRudra, Dhiraj K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T16:43:40Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T16:43:40Z
dc.date.issued2001en_US
dc.description16 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 15-16).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Maastrichtian Kallamedu Formation of southern India near the village of Kallamedu, Tamil Nadu, has yielded skulls and postcrania of a new genus of side-necked turtle. Kurmademys kallamedensis, new genus and species, is based primarily on a single well-preserved skull. Kurmademys is a pelomedusoid pleurodire belonging to the family Bothremydidae Baur, 1891, with these bothremydid characters: (1) exoccipital-quadrate contact, (2) incisura columellae auris closed by bone, and (3) eustachian tube and stapes separated by bone. Kurmademys is unique among known bothremydids in having extensive temporal emargination, a small postorbital, a large precollumellar fossa, and a foramen posterius canalis carotici interni formed completely by the basisphenoid.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/2938
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.publisherNew York, NY : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 3321en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.3321 2001en_US
dc.subject.lcshKurmademys kallamedensis.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTurtles, Fossil -- India -- Kallamedu Region (Tamil Nadu)en_US
dc.subject.lcshReptiles, Fossil -- India -- Kallamedu Region (Tamil Nadu)en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Cretaceous -- India -- Kallamedu Region (Tamil Nadu)en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- India -- Kallamedu Region (Tamil Nadu)en_US
dc.titleKurmademys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides, Bothremydidae) from the late Cretaceous of India. American Museum novitates ; no. 3321en_US
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