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Sinemydidae
Taxonomy
Sinemydidae was named by Yeh (1963). Its type is Sinemys. It was considered monophyletic by Tong and Brinkman (2012).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Sinemydidae by Rabi et al. (2014) and Zhou and Rabi (2015).
It was assigned to Testudinoidea by Kuhn (1966); to Cryptodira by Joyce et al. (2004); to Centrocryptodira by Brinkman et al. (2008); to Pancryptodira by Rabi et al. (2014) and Zhou and Rabi (2015); and to Eucryptodira by Brinkman (2001), Tong and Brinkman (2012) and Ji and Chen (2018).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Sinemydidae by Rabi et al. (2014) and Zhou and Rabi (2015).
It was assigned to Testudinoidea by Kuhn (1966); to Cryptodira by Joyce et al. (2004); to Centrocryptodira by Brinkman et al. (2008); to Pancryptodira by Rabi et al. (2014) and Zhou and Rabi (2015); and to Eucryptodira by Brinkman (2001), Tong and Brinkman (2012) and Ji and Chen (2018).
Subtaxa
Dracochelys, Hongkongochelys, Jeholochelys, Kirgizemynae, Liaochelys, Manchurochelys, Ordosemys, Sinemys (type genus), Wuguia, Xiaochelys, Yumenemys
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Sinemydidae Yeh |
| 1966 | Sinemydidae Kuhn p. 27 |
| 2001 | Sinemydidae Brinkman p. 1645 |
| 2004 | Sinemydidae Joyce et al. |
| 2008 | Sinemydidae Brinkman et al. p. 48 |
| 2012 | Sinemydidae Tong and Brinkman |
| 2014 | Sinemydidae Rabi et al. |
| 2015 | Sinemydidae Zhou and Rabi |
| 2018 | Sinemydidae Ji and Chen p. 630 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Sinemydidae Yeh 1963
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G. †Ordosemys Brinkman and Peng 1993
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†Ordosemys brinkmania Danilov and Parham 2007
†Ordosemys donhai Ma 1986
†Ordosemys leios Brinkman and Peng 1993
†Ordosemys liaoxiensis Ji 1995
†Ordosemys perforata Sukhanov and Narmandakh 2006
G. †Sinemys Wiman 1930
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†Sinemys brevispinus Tong and Brinkman 2012
†Sinemys chabuensis Ji and Chen 2018
†Sinemys gamera Brinkman and Peng 1993
†Sinemys lens Wiman 1930
Invalid names: Kirgizemynae Nessov and Khosatzky 1973 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (35 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathonian - Callovian | China (Sichuan) | Hongkongochelys yehi (139603) | |
| Berriasian - Valanginian | China (Shandong) | Ordosemys leios, Sinemys lens (47070) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | China (Nei Mongol) | Sinemys sp. (46936) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | Japan (Fukui) | Manchurochelys sp. (207795) | |
| Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian | China (Nei Mongol) | Ordosemys leios, Sinemys gamera, Ordosemys sp. (46931) Sinemys sp. (116892) | |
| Valanginian - Albian | China (Xinjiang) | Dracochelys bicuspis (61095) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian - Aptian | Japan (Gifu) | Sinemys sp. (50310) | |
| Hauterivian - Barremian | China (Xinjiang) | Sinemys efremovi (118169) Wuguia hutubeiensis (128695) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Nei Mongol) | Sinemys chabuensis (49342) Xiaochelys ningchengensis (103654) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis (117528 137794 179655) Manchurochelys sp. (50468 50469 79521) Ordosemys liaoxiensis (52888 79657) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian | China (Gansu) | Yumenemys inflatus (50728) | |
| Barremian | Japan (Ishikawa) | Sinemydidae indet. (50357 50359) | |
| Aptian | China (Jilin) | Ordosemys sp. (197339) | |
| Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Jeholochelys lingyuanensis (135798) Liaochelys jianchangensis (129475) | |
| Aptian | China (Nei Monggol) | Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis (179126) | |
| Aptian | Japan (Fukui) | Sinemydidae indet. (38020) | |
| Aptian - Albian | China (Heilongjiang) | Manchurochelys donhai (178737) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Albian | China (Xinjiang) | Amphichelydia indet. (49819) Dracochelys wimani (89993) Ordosemys brinkmania (49047) | |
| Albian | Mongolia (Dornogov (=Dondgov')) | Asiachelys perforata (127737) | |
| Cenomanian - Santonian | Mongolia (Dornogov) | Sinemydidae indet. (118167) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (California) | Sinemydidae indet. (14872) |