| Sokatra Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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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
References
References
- Gaffney, Eugene S.; Krause, David W. (22 December 2011). "Sokatra , a New Side-Necked Turtle (Late Cretaceous, Madagascar) and the Diversification of the Main Groups of Pelomedusoides". American Museum Novitates (3728): 1–28. doi:10.1206/3728.2. ISSN 0003-0082. S2CID 83533723.
- Joyce, W. G.; Rollot, Y.; Evers, S. W.; Lyson, T. R.; Rahantarisoa, L. J.; Krause, D. W. (2021). "A new pelomedusoid turtle, Sahonachelys mailakavava, from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of specialized suction feeding among pleurodires". Royal Society Open Science. 8 (5) 210098. Bibcode:2021RSOS....810098J. doi:10.1098/rsos.210098. PMC 8097199. PMID 34035950.