Sinaspideretes
Extinct genus of turtles
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Sinaspideretes is an extinct genus of turtle from the Late Jurassic of China, probably from the Shaximiao Formation. It is considered the earliest and most basal representative of the Trionychia,[1][2] and is possibly the oldest known member of Cryptodira.[3] In 2013, it was proposed that this animal and the genus Yehguia are in fact one and the same.[4]
| Sinaspideretes Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
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| Sinaspideretes wimani fossil displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Polycryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Trionychia |
| Genus: | Sinaspideretes Young and Chow, 1953 |
| Species: | S. wimani |
| Binomial name | |
| Sinaspideretes wimani Young & Chow, 1953 | |
