Sinemys lens Wiman 1930 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Sinemydidae

Belongs to Sinemys according to D. Perea et al. 2014

See also Brinkman et al. 2008, Brinkman and Peng 1993, Danilov and Parham 2008, Puntener et al. 2014, Sukhanov 2000, Yeh 1963 and Zangerl 1953

Sister taxa: Sinemys brevispinus, Sinemys chabuensis, Sinemys gamera

Type specimen: Syntypes PMU R 1500–1506. Its type locality is Ningchiakou, Mengyin, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial sandstone/siltstone in the Mengyin Formation of China.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Ningchiakou, Mengyin

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