Reptilia - Testudines - Sinemydidae
Full reference: D. B. Brinkman and J.-H. Peng. 1993. Ordosemys leios, n. gen., n. sp., a new turtle from the Early Cretaceous of the Ordos Basin, Inner Mongolia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11):2128-2138
Parent taxon: Sinemydidae according to C.-F. Zhou and M. Rabi 2015
See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Brinkman et al. 2008, Brinkman and Peng 1993, Danilov and Parham 2007, Danilov and Parham 2008, Danilov et al. 2014, Joyce 2007, Parham and Hutchison 2003, Perea et al. 2014, Puntener et al. 2014, Sukhanov 2000, Tong et al. 2004 and Zhou and Wang 2010
Sister taxa: Dracochelys, Hongkongochelys, Jeholochelys, Kirgizemyinae, Liaochelys, Manchurochelys, Sinemys, Wuguia, Xiaochelys, Yumenemys
Subtaxa: Ordosemys brinkmania Ordosemys donhai Ordosemys leios Ordosemys liaoxiensis Ordosemys perforata
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (7 collections), Mongolia (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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