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Kachuga (roofed turtle)
Taxonomy
Kachuga was named by Gray (1869). It is extant.
It was assigned to Batagurinae by Bickham (1975) and Ernst and Barbour (1989); and to Emydidae by Carroll (1988) and Frank and Ramus (1996).
It was assigned to Batagurinae by Bickham (1975) and Ernst and Barbour (1989); and to Emydidae by Carroll (1988) and Frank and Ramus (1996).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1869 | Kachuga Gray |
| 1975 | Kachuga Bickham p. 203 |
| 1988 | Kachuga Carroll |
| 1989 | Kachuga Ernst and Barbour p. 161 |
| 1996 | Kachuga Frank and Ramus |
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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.
G. Kachuga Gray 1869 [roofed turtle]
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Kachuga dhongoka Gray 1835 [Three-striped roofed turtle]
Kachuga kachuga Gray 1831 [Red-crowned roofed turtle]
Kachuga trivitatta Dumeril and Bibron 1835 [Burmese roofed turtle]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Miocene | Nepal | Kachuga indet. (48681) |