Clemmys schansiensis Ping 1932 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Full reference: P. C. Ping. 1932. On a Fossil Clemmys. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 11(1):97-100

Belongs to Clemmys according to P. C. Ping 1932

See also Yeh 1963

Sister taxa: Clemmys gaudryi, Clemmys guttata, Clemmys ukoi

Type specimen: IVPP V.3362, a partial shell. Its type locality is Chi-Chia-Ku, near Pao-Te-Hsien, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in China.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Chi-Chia-Ku, near Pao-Te-Hsien

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