Reptilia - Testudines - Sinemydidae
Full reference: E. S. Gaffney and X. Ye. 1992. Dracochelys, a new cryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous of China. American Museum Novitates 3048:1-13
Parent taxon: Sinemydidae according to C.-F. Zhou and M. Rabi 2015
See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Brinkman 2001, Brinkman et al. 2010, Brinkman et al. 2008, Gaffney and Ye 1992, Joyce 2007, Maisch et al. 2003, Parham and Hutchison 2003, Perea et al. 2014, Puntener et al. 2014, Sukhanov 2000 and Zhou et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Hongkongochelys, Jeholochelys, Kirgizemyinae, Liaochelys, Manchurochelys, Ordosemys, Sinemys, Wuguia, Xiaochelys, Yumenemys
Subtaxa: Dracochelys bicuspis
Type: Dracochelys bicuspis
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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