Adocus planus Sukhanov and Narmandakh 2006

Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae

Alternative combination: Shineusemys plana

Full reference: V. B. Sukhanov and P. Narmandakh. 2006. New taxa of Mesozoic turtles from Mongolia. Fossil Turtle Research 1:119-127

Belongs to Adocus according to E. V. Syromyatnikova et al. 2013

See also Sukhanov and Narmandakh 2006, Syromyatnikova et al. 2012 and Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2013

Sister taxa: Adocus agilis, Adocus aksary, Adocus amtgai, Adocus beatus, Adocus bossi, Adocus bostobensis, Adocus dzhurtasensis, Adocus firmus, Adocus foveatus, Adocus hesperius, Adocus inexpectatus, Adocus kazachstanica, Adocus kirtlandius, Adocus kizylkumensis, Adocus kokaku, Adocus lineolatus, Adocus microglypha, Adocus onerosus, Adocus orientalis, Adocus pravus, Adocus sengokuensis, Adocus striatula, Adocus syntheticus, Adocus vigoratus, Homorophus insuetus, Alamosemys annexa, Alamosemys substricta

Type specimen: PIN 4636-1, a partial shell (plastron). Its type locality is Shine Us Khuduk non-specific, which is in a Cenomanian/Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Baynshire Formation of Mongolia.

Distribution: found only at Shine Us Khuduk non-specific

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