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''Pangshura'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of geoemydid turtles
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth descr ...
. Its member
species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
were formerly in the obsolete genus ''Kachuga''. A fifth member, ''Pangshura tatrotia'', was described in 2010, but it is only known from
Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58Pangshura smithii'' - brown roofed turtle * ''
Pangshura sylhetensis The Assam roofed turtle or Sylhet roofed turtle (''Pangshura sylhetensis'') is a turtle species of the family Geoemydidae found in the Brahmaputra- Meghna drainage in India (Assam) and parts of eastern Bangladesh. It was formerly placed in the ge ...
'' - Assam roofed turtle * '' Pangshura tecta'' - Indian roofed turtle * '' Pangshura tentoria'' - Indian tent turtle * '' Pangshura tatrotia'' (fossil)


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Photos at Chelonia.org
* {{Taxonbar, from=Q2117373 Turtle genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray