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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Pleurodiran turtle}}<br /> {{Speciesbox<br /> | image = <br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Maastrichtian|Eocene}}<br /> | genus = Carteremys<br /> | species = leithi<br /> | parent_authority = Williams, 1953<br /> | authority = Williams, 1953<br /> | synonyms = <br /> *&#039;&#039;Hydraspis leithii&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Carter, 1852&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;[[Testudo (genus)|Testudo]] leithii&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;Carter, 1871&lt;/small&gt;<br /> *&#039;&#039;Testudo kleinmanni&#039;&#039; &lt;small&gt;[[Louis Charles Émile Lortet|Lortet]], 1883&lt;/small&gt;<br /> | synonyms_ref = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Carteremys&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; is an extinct genus of [[pelomedusidae|pelomedusid]] [[pleurodira]]n [[turtle]] from the [[Maastrichtian]] ([[Late Cretaceous]])-[[Eocene]], of [[India]]&lt;ref&gt;E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. (2006). Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families [[Bothremydidae]], [[Euraxemydidae]], and [[Araripemydidae]]. &#039;&#039;Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History&#039;&#039; 300:1-318&lt;/ref&gt; based on the type species &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;C. leithi&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, which was named in 1953 by E. Williams&lt;ref&gt;E. Williams. (1953). &quot;Hydraspis&quot; &#039;&#039;leithii&#039;&#039; (Carter) in the Eocene of India is a Pelomedusid. &#039;&#039;Breviora&#039;&#039; 13:1-12&lt;/ref&gt; and was originally placed in the genera &#039;&#039;Hydraspis&#039;&#039; by H. J. Carter in 1852 and &#039;&#039;Testudo&#039;&#039;, also by H. J. Carter, in 1871.&lt;ref&gt;Carter, H. J. (1852). Geology of the Island of Bombay. &#039;&#039;Four Bombay Branch Roy. Asiatic Soc. &#039;&#039;&#039;21:&#039;&#039;&#039;161-215&lt;/ref&gt; A second species, &#039;&#039;C. pisdurensis&#039;&#039;, was named in 1977 by [[Sohan Lal Jain]],&lt;ref name=jain1977&gt;Jain, S. L. (1977). A new fossil pelomedusid turtle from the Upper Cretaceous Pisdura sediments, central India. &#039;&#039;Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India&#039;&#039; 20:360-365&lt;/ref&gt; but it was transferred to the separate [[genus]] &#039;&#039;[[Jainemys]]&#039;&#039; in 2020 by Joyce and Bandyopadhyay.&lt;ref name=&quot;joyce&amp;bandyopadhyay2020&quot;/&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite journal|author1=Walter G. Joyce |author2=Saswati Bandyopadhyay |year=2020 |title=A revision of the pelomedusoid turtle &#039;&#039;Jainemys pisdurensis&#039;&#039; from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Lameta Formation of India |journal=PeerJ |volume=8 |pages=e9330 |doi=10.7717/peerj.9330 |pmid=32607283 |pmc=7316078 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Taxonbar|from=Q105123578}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Turtles]]<br /> [[Category:Pelomedusidae]]<br /> [[Category:Eocene animals of Asia]]<br /> [[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1953]]</div>

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