†Sankuchemys sethnai Gaffney et al. 2003 (sideneck turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae
Full reference: E. S. Gaffney, A. Sahni, H. Schleich, S. D. SIngh, and R. Srivastava. 2003. Sankuchemys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of India. American Museum Novitates 3405:1-10
Belongs to Sankuchemys according to F. de Lapparent de Broin and G. V. R. Prasad 2020
See also Gaffney et al. 2003 and Gaffney et al. 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SDS/VPL 1125, a skull (complete crushed skull). Its type locality is Amboli Quarry, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-deltaic tuff in the Intertrappean Formation of India.
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: found only at Amboli Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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