Sankuchemys is an extinct genus of side-necked turtle whose fossils had been found in the Intertrappean Formation of India during the late Cretaceous period.[1] It was first named by Eugene S. Gaffney, Ashok Sahni, Herman Schleich, Swarn Deep Singh, and Rahul Srivastava in 2003, and contains the species Sankuchemys sethnai.[1]
References
- ^ a b Gaffney, Eugene S.; Sahni, Ashok; Schleich, Herman; Singh, Swarn Deep; Srivastava, Rahul (2003). "Sankuchemys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of India". American Museum Novitates (3405): 1–10. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2003)405<0001:SANSTP>2.0.CO;2 (inactive 11 January 2025). hdl:2246/2831. S2CID 86682833.
{{cite journal}}
: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2025 (link)
External links
- Sankuchemys at the Paleobiology Database