Sinaspideretes
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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]
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- The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia by Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin
- Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas