Pangshura Temporal range: Pliocene ?recent, 5.332?0  Ma [1] Pre? ? O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
Species
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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]

Species [ edit ]

The described species are: ^{[4] [1]}

• Pangshura smithii ? brown roofed turtle
• Pangshura sylhetensis ? Assam roofed turtle ^[5]
• Pangshura tecta ? Indian roofed turtle
• Pangshura tentoria ? Indian tent turtle
• † Pangshura tatrotia (fossil)

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• 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 2011-07-17 . Retrieved 2010-12-15 .