Jainemys

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]

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
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

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