†family Sinemydidae Yeh 1963

Reptilia - Testudines - Sinemydidae

Full reference: H. K. Yeh. 1963. Fossil turtles of China. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C 150:1-113

Parent taxon: Eucryptodira according to S. Ji and X. Chen 2018

See also Brinkman 2001, Brinkman et al. 2008, Joyce et al. 2004, Kuhn 1966, Rabi et al. 2014, Tong and Brinkman 2012 and Zhou and Rabi 2015

Sister taxa: Angolachelonia, Borealochelys, Centrocryptodira, Enaliochelys, Hoyasemys, Polycryptodira, Sandownidae, Sinochelyidae, Tienfucheloides, Xinjiangchelyidae

Subtaxa: Dracochelys Hongkongochelys Jeholochelys Kirgizemynae Liaochelys Manchurochelys Ordosemys Sinemys Wuguia Xiaochelys Yumenemys

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Type: Sinemys

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Cretaceous of China (27), Japan (5), Mongolia (2)

• Jurassic of China (1)

Total: 36 collections including 38 occurrences

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