Senryuemys Shikama 1953 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Full reference: T. Shikama. 1953. Senryuemys kiharai, gen. & sp. nov., a new terrapin from the Oligo-Miocene of North Kyusyu. Science Reports of the Yokohama National University II(2):1-9

Parent taxon: Emydidae according to T. Shikama 1956

Sister taxa: Batagurinae, Callagur, Chelonemys, Chelopus, Chrysemys limnodytes, Clemmys hutchensorum, Clemmys saxea, Deirochelyinae, Deirochelys floridana, Emydinae, Emydoidea, Emydoidea hutchisoni, Emys, Epiemys, Glyptemys, Grayemys, Gyremys, Hieremys, Hybemys, Lyssemys, Malacoclemmys, Palaeotheca, Polyechmatemys, Pseudemys, Pseudemys bisornatus, Pseudemys extincta, Pseudemys hillii, Pseudochrysemys, Pseudograptemys, Pyxidea, Sakya, Shansiemys, Sharemys, Terrapene

Subtaxa: Senryuemys kiharai

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Senryu coal mine (Miocene of Japan)

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