Hokouchelys chenshuensis Yeh 1974 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Lindholmemydidae

Full reference: H.-K. Yeh. 1974. Cenozoic chelonian fossils from Nanhsiung, Kwangtung. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 12(1):26-37

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

See also Yeh 1974

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V3108, a partial shell. Its type locality is Hukou, Nanhsiung (field no. 6227), which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial claystone in the Nongshan Formation of China.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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