Sinemydidae Temporal range:
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Jeholochelys | |
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Manchurochelys | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | Perichelydia |
Family: | †
Sinemydidae Yeh, 1963 |
Genera | |
See text |
Sinemydidae is an extinct family of turtles from Cretaceous to Paleocene deposits in Asia and North America. [1] [2] Their exact position is engimatic, they have alternatively been considered stem-group cryptodires, but also "crownward stem-turtles" alongside Macrobaenidae, Paracryptodira, Xinjiangchelyidae, Thalassochelydia and Sandownidae outside of crown Testudines.
Sinemydidae Temporal range:
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Jeholochelys | |
| |
Manchurochelys | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | Perichelydia |
Family: | †
Sinemydidae Yeh, 1963 |
Genera | |
See text |
Sinemydidae is an extinct family of turtles from Cretaceous to Paleocene deposits in Asia and North America. [1] [2] Their exact position is engimatic, they have alternatively been considered stem-group cryptodires, but also "crownward stem-turtles" alongside Macrobaenidae, Paracryptodira, Xinjiangchelyidae, Thalassochelydia and Sandownidae outside of crown Testudines.