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Sinemys brevispinus

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Sinemydidae

Taxonomy
Sinemys brevispinus was named by Tong and Brinkman (2012). Its type specimen is IVPP V9538-1, a partial skeleton (Nearly complete skeleton including the posterior part of the skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chabu Sumu (SCDP), which is in a Cretaceous fluvial-lacustrine mudstone in the Laohongdong Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Sinemys brevispinus Tong and Brinkman

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Eucryptodira
familySinemydidae
genusSinemysWiman 1930
speciesbrevispinus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Sinemys brevispinus Tong and Brinkman 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Cretaceous or 143.10000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5China (Nei Mongol) Sinemys sp. (type locality: 46936)