Carteremys

Carteremys
Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Pelomedusidae
Genus: †Carteremys
Williams, 1953
Species:
†C. leithi
Binomial name
†Carteremys leithi
Williams, 1953
Synonyms
  • Hydraspis leithii Carter, 1852
  • Testudo leithii Carter, 1871
  • Testudo kleinmanni Lortet, 1883

Carteremys is an extinct genus of pelomedusid pleurodiran turtle from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous)-Eocene, of India[1] based on the type species C. leithi, which was named in 1953 by E. Williams[2] and was originally placed in the genera Hydraspis by H. J. Carter in 1852 and Testudo, also by H. J. Carter, in 1871.[3] A second species, C. pisdurensis, was named in 1977 by Sohan Lal Jain,[4] but it was transferred to the separate genus Jainemys in 2020 by Joyce and Bandyopadhyay.[5]

  1. ^ E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. (2006). Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318
  2. ^ E. Williams. (1953). "Hydraspis" leithii (Carter) in the Eocene of India is a Pelomedusid. Breviora 13:1-12
  3. ^ Carter, H. J. (1852). Geology of the Island of Bombay. Four Bombay Branch Roy. Asiatic Soc. 21:161-215
  4. ^ Jain, S. L. (1977). A new fossil pelomedusid turtle from the Upper Cretaceous Pisdura sediments, central India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 20:360-365
  5. ^ Walter G. Joyce; Saswati Bandyopadhyay (2020). "A revision of the pelomedusoid turtle Jainemys pisdurensis from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Lameta Formation of India". PeerJ. 8: e9330. doi:10.7717/peerj.9330. PMC 7316078. PMID 32607283.