Manchurochelys Endo and Shikama 1942 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Sinemydidae

Full reference: R. Endo and R. Shikama. 1942. Mesozoic reptilian fauna in the Jehol mountainland, Manchoukuo. Bulletin of the Central National Museum of Manchoukou 3:1-20

Parent taxon: Sinemydidae according to C.-F. Zhou and M. Rabi 2015

See also Brinkman et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Kuhn 1966, Parham and Hutchison 2003, Sukhanov 2000, Yeh 1963, Zhou 2010, Zhou et al. 2014 and Zhou and Wang 2010

Sister taxa: Dracochelys, Hongkongochelys, Jeholochelys, Kirgizemynae, Liaochelys, Ordosemys, Sinemys, Wuguia, Xiaochelys, Yumenemys

Subtaxa: Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (7 collections), Japan (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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