Sinemys gamera Brinkman and Peng 1993 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Sinemydidae

Full reference: D. B. Brinkman and J.-H. Peng. 1993. New material of Sinemys (Testudines, Sinemydidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11):2139-2152

Belongs to Sinemys according to D. B. Brinkman et al. 2008

See also Brinkman and Peng 1993 and Sukhanov 2000

Sister taxa: Sinemys brevispinus, Sinemys chabuensis, Sinemys lens

Type specimen: IVPP V.9532-1. Its type locality is Laolonghuozi, Ordos Basin, which is in a Valanginian/Hauterivian fluvial sandstone/siliciclastic in the Luohandong Formation of China.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Laolonghuozi, Ordos Basin

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