Xinjiangchelys

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Xinjiangchelys
Temporal range: Callovian–Aptian
Xinjiangchelys wusu 2.jpg
Syntype specimens of X. wusu
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Family: Xinjiangchelyidae
Genus: Xinjiangchelys
Yeh, 1986
Type species
Xinjiangchelys junggarensis
Yeh, 1986
Species

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Xinjiangchelys is an extinct genus of xinjiangchelyid turtle known from the Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of China and Kyrgyzstan. [1] It is known from over 11 different species.

Taxonomy

References

  1. Rabi, Márton; Zhou, Chang-Fu; Wings, Oliver; Ge, Sun; Joyce, Walter G (2013). "A new xinjiangchelyid turtle from the Middle Jurassic of Xinjiang, China and the evolution of the basipterygoid process in Mesozoic turtles". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (1): 203. Bibcode:2013BMCEE..13..203R. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-203 . PMC   3852240 . PMID   24053145.