Biology:Sokatra

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Short description: Extinct genus of turtle

Sokatra
Temporal range: 70.6–66 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Sahonachelyidae
Genus: Sokatra
Gaffney and Krause 2011
Type species
Sokatra antitra
Gaffney and Krause 2011

Sokatra is an extinct genus of pleurodiran turtle, known from the Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.[1] It belongs to the family Sahonachelyidae.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21447532 entry