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Hongkongochelys yehi

Reptilia - Testudines - Sinemydidae

Taxonomy
Hongkongochelys yehi was named by Ye (1999). Its type specimen is ZDM 0102, a set of postcrania (Relatively complete postcrania), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Neijiang (ZDM), which is in a Bathonian/Callovian terrestrial horizon in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Hongkongochelys yehi Ye
2008Hongkongochelys yehi Brinkman et al. p. 53

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

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.

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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 168.30000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5China (Sichuan) Hongkongochelys yehi (type locality: 139603)