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Kurmademys kallamedensis
Taxonomy
Kurmademys kallamedensis was named by Gaffney et al. (2001). Its type specimen is ISI R152, a skull (nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is northwest of Kallamedu village, which is in a Maastrichtian lacustrine - small sandstone/claystone in the Kallamedu Formation of India.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Kurmademys kallamedensis Gaffney et al. p. 3 figs. 2-4 |
| 2006 | Kurmademys kallamedensis Gaffney et al. p. 52 |
| 2020 | Kurmademys kallamedensis de Lapparent de Broin and Prasad |
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†Kurmademys kallamedensis Gaffney et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. S. Gaffney et al. 2001 | A genus of bothremydid pleurodire with triangular skull, orbits dorsolaterally placed, not dorsally as in Bothremys; extensive temporal and cheek emargination similar to Pelusios and Pelomedusa, but unique among bothremydids; jugal enters orbit; postorbital short in contrast to Foxemys and Bothremys; triturating surfaces triangular in contrast to narrow in Nigeremys Group, but not greatly expanded as in Foxemys, Rosasia, Zolhafah, and Bothremys; no pit in triturating surface in contrast to Bothremys and Rosasia; maxilla-quadrate contact absent; palatine extensively exposed on triturating surface as in all Bothremys Group; antrum postoticum large in contrast to small in Bothremys; eustachian tube separated from stapes as in all other bothremydids; incisura columellae auris closed as in Bothremys and Taphrosphys; precolumellar fossa large as in pelomedusids, but unique among bothremydids; pterygoideus depression moderate as in Rosasia, not deep as in Foxemys; foramen posterius canalis carotici interni completely enclosed in basisphenoid unique among pelomedusoids; supraoccipital-quadrate contact present as in all Bothremys Group; foramen stapedio-temporale visible in dorsal view in contrast to all other bothremydids. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Uetz 2005, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India (Tamil Nadu) | Kurmademys kallamedensis (type locality: 59877) |