Pangshura

Pangshura is a genus of geoemydid turtles endemic to South Asia. Its member species were formerly in the obsolete genus Kachuga.^[2] A fifth member, Pangshura tatrotia, was described in 2010, but it is only known from Pliocene fossils.^[3]

Pangshura Temporal range: Pliocene–recent, 5.332–0 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pangshura tecta, Indian roofed turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Subfamily:	Geoemydinae
Genus:	Pangshura Gray, 1856
Species
See text

Species

The described species are:^[4][1]

• Pangshura smithii (Gray, 1863) – brown roofed turtle
• Pangshura sylhetensis Jerdon, 1870 – Assam roofed turtle^[5]
• Pangshura tecta (Gray, 1831) – Indian roofed turtle
• Pangshura tentoria (Gray, 1834) – Indian tent turtle
• † Pangshura tatrotia Joyce & Lyson, 2010 (fossil)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pangshura.