Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae

Full reference: E. S. Gaffney, S. Chatterjee, and D. K. Rudra. 2001. Kurmademys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of India. American Museum Novitates 3321:1-16

Belongs to Kurmademys according to F. de Lapparent de Broin and G. V. R. Prasad 2020

See also Gaffney et al. 2001 and Gaffney et al. 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ISI R152, a skull (nearly complete skull). Its type locality is northwest of Kallamedu village, which is in a Maastrichtian lacustrine - small sandstone/claystone in the Kallamedu Formation of India.

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at northwest of Kallamedu village

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.