Reptilia - Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae

Full reference: H. K. Yeh. 1963. Fossil turtles of China. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C 150:1-113

Belongs to Plesiochelys according to D. B. Brinkman et al. 2013

See also Yeh 1963

Sister taxa: Clemmys grayi, Emys hugi, Emys hugii, Emys jurensis, Emys trionychoides, Plesiochelys bigleri, Plesiochelys etalloni, Plesiochelys minor, Plesiochelys normandicus, Plesiochelys oshanensis, Plesiochelys planiceps

Type specimen: IVPP V997,, a carapace (Almost complete shell with articulated carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Hsi-ta-Chai, which is in a Jurassic marine horizon in China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Hsi-ta-Chai

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.