Sinaspideretes wimani Young and Chow 1953 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines

Full reference: C.-C. Young and M.-C. Chow. 1953. New fossil reptiles from Szechuan China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 1(3):87-109

Belongs to Sinaspideretes according to H. K. Yeh 1963

See also Sukhanov 2000 and Young and Chow 1953

Sister taxon: Yehguia tatsuensis

Type specimen: IVPP V709, a partial shell. Its type locality is Tatienwan building foundation, Fotoukwan, which is in a Jurassic terrestrial horizon in China.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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