†Shansiemys latiscuta Yeh 1963 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Full reference: H. K. Yeh. 1963. Fossil turtles of China. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C 150:1-113
Belongs to Shansiemys according to H. K. Yeh 1963
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V 1001, a partial skeleton (nearly complete carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Gaozhuang Fauna (Teilhard de Chardin's Zone II), Yushe County, Shanxi Province, which is in the Ruscinian of horizon China.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Gaozhuang Fauna (Teilhard de Chardin's Zone II), Yushe County, Shanxi Province
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