Sinemys

<i>Sinemys</i>

Sinemys

Extinct genus of turtles

Sinemys is an extinct genus of turtle from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of China and Japan. Three species have been named: S. lens, the type species, from the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian of Shandong; S. gamera (Japanese: シネミス・ガメラ) (named after the movie monster of the same name), from the Valanginian-Albian of Nei Mongol; and S. wuerhoensis, from the Aptian-Albian of Xinjiang.[1] The species S. gamera is noted for the presence of a pair of elongate spines projecting outwards and backwards from seventh costal of the carapace. These may have served a hydrodynamic function.[2]

Quick Facts Sinemys Temporal range: Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, Scientific classification ...

References

  1. [1]
    Sinemys, The Paleobiology Database, retrieved 2008-04-02.
  2. [2]
    Tong, Haiyan; Brinkman, Donald (September 2013). "A new species of Sinemys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Sinemydidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 93 (3): 355–366. doi:10.1007/s12549-012-0110-8. ISSN 1867-1594.

Further reading

  • Biology of Turtles by Jeanette Wyneken, Matthew H. Godfrey, and Vincent Bels


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