Hongkongochelys yehi 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

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

See also Ye 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZDM 0102, a set of postcrania (Relatively complete postcrania). Its type locality is Neijiang (ZDM), which is in a Bathonian/Callovian terrestrial horizon in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Neijiang (ZDM)

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