Polyechmatemys pekinensis Ping 1930 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Full reference: C. Ping. 1930. On the Remains of a Turtle from Chouk'outien. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 9(3):205-212

Belongs to Polyechmatemys according to C. Ping 1930

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chouk'outien, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in the Polycene Formation of China

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Chouk'outien

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