Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae

Full reference: I. G. Danilov, E. V. Syromyatnikova, P. P. Skutschas, T. M. Kodrul, and J. Jin. 2013. The first "true" Adocus (Testudines, Adocidae) from the Paleogene of Asia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(5):1071-1080

Belongs to Adocus according to I. G. Danilov et al. 2013

See also Sonoda et al. 2015

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

Type specimen: MMT 001, a shell. Its type locality is Maoming City Oil Shale Quarry, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian lacustrine - large shale in the Youganwo Formation of China.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Maoming City Oil Shale Quarry

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.