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Sinaspideretes Young and Chow 1953 (softshell turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Full reference: C. -C. Young and M. -C. Chow. 1953. New fossil reptiles from Szechuan China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 1(3):87

Parent taxon: Trionychidae according to P. Meylan and E. S. Gaffney 1992

Sister taxa: Amyda, Aspideretes, Conchochelys, Crassithecachelys, Cyclanorbis, Cycloderma, Eugenechelys, Eurycephalochelys, Gilmoremys, Hummelichelys, Lissemys, Paleotrionyx, Plastomeninae, Platypeltis, Rafetini, Sinamyda, Temnotrionyx, Trionychinae, Zangerlichelys

Subtaxa: Sinaspideretes wimani

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Type: Sinaspideretes wimani

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore