Pangshura
{{Short description|Genus of turtles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Kachuga tecta.jpg
| image_caption = Pangshura tecta,
Indian roofed turtle
| fossil_range = Pliocene–recent, {{Fossil range|5.332|0|ref=}}
| taxon = Pangshura
| authority = Gray, 1856
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
Pangshura is a genus of geoemydid turtles endemic to South Asia. Its member species were formerly in the obsolete genus Kachuga.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030213023625/http://www.chelonia.org/byspecies.htm Chelonia.org]}} A fifth member, Pangshura tatrotia, was described in 2010, but it is only known from Pliocene fossils.{{cite journal |last1=Joyce |first1=Walter G. |author1-link=species:Walter G. Joyce |last2=Lyson |first2=Tyler R. |author2-link=species:Tyler R. Lyson |name-list-style=amp |date=2010 |title=Pangshura tatrotia, a new species of pond turtle (Testudinoidea) from the Pliocene Siwaliks of Pakistan |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=449–458 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2010.500879|bibcode=2010JSPal...8..449J |s2cid=54803213 }}
Species
The described species are:{{NRDB genus |genus=Pangshura |access-date=22 October 2023}}
- Pangshura smithii {{small|(Gray, 1863)}} – brown roofed turtle
- Pangshura sylhetensis {{small|Jerdon, 1870}} – Assam roofed turtle{{Harnvb|Rhodin|2010|p=000.114}}
- Pangshura tecta {{small|(Gray, 1831)}} – Indian roofed turtle
- Pangshura tentoria {{small|(Gray, 1834)}} – Indian tent turtle
- † Pangshura tatrotia {{small|Joyce & Lyson, 2010}} (fossil)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pangshura.
References
External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030123050913/http://www.chelonia.org/pangshura_gallery.htm Photos at Chelonia.org]}}
- {{Anchor|CITEREFRhodin2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf |title=Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status |date=2010-12-14 |access-date=2010-12-15 |last1=Rhodin |first1=Anders G.J. |author1-link=species:Anders Gunnar Johannes Rhodin |last2=van Dijk |first2=Peter Paul |author2-link=species:Peter Paul van Dijk |last3=Iverson |first3=John B. |author3-link=species:John B. Iverson |last4=Shaffer |first4=H. Bradley |author4-link=species:Howard Bradley Shaffer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717125632/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-17 |url-status=dead }}
{{Geoemydidae}}
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