Pangshura
Genus of turtles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pangshura is a genus of geoemydid turtles endemic to South Asia. Its member species were formerly in the obsolete genus Kachuga.[2] A fifth member, Pangshura tatrotia, was described in 2010, but it is only known from Pliocene fossils.[3]
| Pangshura Temporal range: Pliocene–recent, | |
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| Pangshura tecta, Indian roofed turtle | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Subfamily: | Geoemydinae |
| Genus: | Pangshura Gray, 1856 |
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Species
The described species are:[4][1]
- Pangshura smithii (Gray, 1863) – brown roofed turtle
- Pangshura sylhetensis Jerdon, 1870 – Assam roofed turtle[5]
- Pangshura tecta (Gray, 1831) – Indian roofed turtle
- Pangshura tentoria (Gray, 1834) – Indian tent turtle
- † Pangshura tatrotia Joyce & Lyson, 2010 (fossil)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pangshura.
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