Reptilia - Testudines - Sinemydidae
Full reference: H. K. Yeh. 1963. Fossil turtles of China. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C 150:1-113
Parent taxon: Eucryptodira according to S. Ji and X. Chen 2018
See also Brinkman 2001, Brinkman et al. 2008, Joyce et al. 2004, Kuhn 1966, Rabi et al. 2014, Tong and Brinkman 2012 and Zhou and Rabi 2015
Sister taxa: Angolachelonia, Borealochelys, Centrocryptodira, Enaliochelys, Hoyasemys, Polycryptodira, Sandownidae, Sinochelyidae, Tienfucheloides, Xinjiangchelyidae
Subtaxa: Dracochelys Hongkongochelys Jeholochelys Kirgizemyinae Liaochelys Manchurochelys Ordosemys Sinemys Wuguia Xiaochelys Yumenemys
Type: Sinemys
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Cretaceous of China (27), Japan (5), Mongolia (2)
• Jurassic of China (1)
Total: 36 collections including 38 occurrences