Reptilia - Testudines - Sinemydidae
Full reference: A. T. Matzke, M. W. Maisch, H.-U. Pfretzschner, G. Sun, and H. Stöhr. 2004. A new basal sinemydid turtle (Reptilia: Testudines) from the Lower Cretaceous Tugulu Group of the Junggar Basin (NW China). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 2004(3):151-167
Parent taxon: Sinemydidae according to D. B. Brinkman et al. 2008
See also Danilov and Sukhanov 2006 and Matzke et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Dracochelys, Hongkongochelys, Jeholochelys, Kirgizemyinae, Liaochelys, Manchurochelys, Ordosemys, Sinemys, Xiaochelys, Yumenemys
Subtaxa: Wuguia efremovi Wuguia hutubeiensis
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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