Pangshura

Pangshura
	Pangshura tecta, ; Indian roofed turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Subfamily:	Geoemydinae
Genus:	Pangshura; Gray, 1856
Species
	See text

Pangshura is a genus of geoemydid turtles endemic to South Asia. Its member species were formerly in the obsolete genus Kachuga.[1] A fifth member, Pangshura tatrotia, was described in 2010, but it is only known from Pliocene fossils.[2]

Species

The described species are:

Pangshura smithii - brown roofed turtle
Pangshura sylhetensis - Assam roofed turtle[3]
Pangshura tecta - Indian roofed turtle
Pangshura tentoria - Indian tent turtle
†Pangshura tatrotia (fossil)

References

Chelonia.org
Joyce, Walter G.; Lyson, Tyler R. (2010). "Pangshura tatrotia, a new species of pond turtle (Testudinoidea) from the Pliocene Siwaliks of Pakistan". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 8 (3): 449–458. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.500879. ISSN 1477-2019. S2CID 54803213.
Rhodin 2010, p. 000.114

External links

Photos at Chelonia.org
Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.

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[1] Chelonia.org

[2] Joyce, Walter G.; Lyson, Tyler R. (2010). "Pangshura tatrotia, a new species of pond turtle (Testudinoidea) from the Pliocene Siwaliks of Pakistan". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 8 (3): 449–458. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.500879. ISSN 1477-2019. S2CID 54803213.

[Rhodin114-3] Rhodin 2010, p. 000.114