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Sinemys lens

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Sinemydidae

Taxonomy
Sinemys lens was named by Wiman (1930). Its type specimen is Syntypes PMU R 1500–1506 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ningchiakou, Mengyin, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial sandstone/siltstone in the Mengyin Formation of China.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2005-04-13; modified by D. Nicholson on 2016-05-13

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Sinemys lens Wiman
1953Sinemys lens Zangerl p. 261
1963Sinemys lens Yeh
2000Sinemys lens Sukhanov p. 316 fig. 17.6
2008Sinemys lens Brinkman et al. p. 59
2008Sinemys lens Danilov and Parham
2014Sinemys lens Perea et al.
2014Sinemys lens Puntener et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
ArchelosauriaCrawford 2015
Pantestudines
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Eucryptodira
familySinemydidae
genusSinemysWiman 1930
specieslensWiman 1930

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 lens Wiman 1930
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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: Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Valanginian or 143.10000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6China (Shandong) Sinemys lens (type locality: 47070)