Sharemys hemispherica Gilmore 1931 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1931. Fossil turtles of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59:213-257

Belongs to Sharemys according to D. B. Brinkman et al. 2008

See also Gilmore 1931

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 6694, a partial skeleton (nearly complete carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Twin Obo (Ulan Gochu horizon), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Ulan Gochu Formation of China.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Twin Obo (Ulan Gochu horizon)

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