Sokatra
Extinct genus of turtle
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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]
| Sokatra Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |