†Striatochelys impressa Yeh 1963
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Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Alternative combinations: Aspideretes impressus, Trionyx impressus
Full reference: H. K. Yeh. 1963. Fossil turtles of China. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C 150:1-113
Belongs to Striatochelys according to T. Massonne et al. 2023
See also Brinkman et al. 2008, Georgalis and Joyce 2017 and Yeh 1963
Sister taxon: Striatochelys baba
Type specimen: IVPP V 1036, a carapace (negative cast of a nearly complete carapace). Its type locality is Tat'ang, Maoming, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in China.
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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