Jainemys Joyce and Bandyopadhyay 2020 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae

LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:7C288063-2F1A-4A45-BCD6-5EB95CFAEC8E

Full reference: W. G. Joyce and S. Bandyopadhyay. 2020. A revision of the pelomedusoid turtle Jainemys pisdurensis from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Lameta Formation of India. PeerJ 8:e9330:1-28

Parent taxon: Kurmademydini according to W. G. Joyce and S. Bandyopadhyay 2020

Sister taxon: Kinkonychelys

Subtaxa: Jainemys pisdurensis

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Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at Pisdura Hill (sandstone) (Cretaceous of India)

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