Hongkongochelys Ye 1999 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Sinemydidae

Full reference: Y. Ye. 1999. A new genus of Sinemydidae from the Late Jurassic of Neijiang, Sichuan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 37(2):81-87

Parent taxon: Sinemydidae according to D. B. Brinkman et al. 2008

See also Ye 1999

Sister taxa: Dracochelys, Jeholochelys, Kirgizemynae, Liaochelys, Manchurochelys, Ordosemys, Sinemys, Wuguia, Xiaochelys, Yumenemys

Subtaxa: Hongkongochelys yehi

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Neijiang (ZDM) (Jurassic of China)

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