Jainemys

Jainemys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 70.6–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Holotype of Jainemys
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	†Bothremydidae
Subfamily:	†Kurmademydinae
Tribe:	†Kurmademydini
Genus:	†Jainemys Joyce & Bandyopadhyay, 2020
Species:	†J. pisdurensis
Binomial name
†Jainemys pisdurensis Joyce & Bandyopadhyay, 2020
Synonyms
Carteremys pisdurensis Jain, 1977

Jainemys (meaning "Jain's Turtle") is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that has been found in the Lameta Formation, India.^[1] Originally described by Sohan Lal Jain in 1977 under the name "Carteremys" pisdurensis on the basis of having a deep upper temporal emargination.^[2] In 1985 it was assigned to the genus Shweboemys.^[3] The species was transferred to the new genus Jainemys by Joyce & Bandyopadhyay in 2020.^[1]

The holotype of Jainemys is a partial cranium, and the only element assigned to "Carteremys" not to be reassigned to another genus.^[1][2]

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Wood, R. C. (1984). "Evolution of the Pelomedusid turtles". Studia Palaeocheloniologica. 1: 269–282.