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Sankuchemys sethnai

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Sankuchemys sethnai was named by Gaffney et al. (2003). Its type specimen is SDS/VPL 1125, a skull (complete crushed skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Amboli Quarry, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-deltaic tuff in the Intertrappean Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Sankuchemys sethnai Gaffney et al. pp. 2-3 figs. 1-3
2006Sankuchemys sethnai Gaffney et al. p. 53
2020Sankuchemys sethnai de Lapparent de Broin and Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
Bothremydidae(Baur 1891)
genusSankuchemys
speciessethnai

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Sankuchemys sethnai Gaffney et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. S. Gaffney et al. 2003[as for genus]
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:50:50
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:50:50
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Mumbai) Sankuchemys sethnai (type locality: 83308)