Xinjiangchelys
| Xinjiangchelys Temporal range:
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| Syntype specimens of X. wusu | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Family: | †Xinjiangchelyidae |
| Genus: | † Yeh, 1986 |
| Type species | |
| Xinjiangchelys junggarensis Yeh, 1986
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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
- Xinjiangchelys chowi
- Xinjiangchelys jingyanensis
- Xinjiangchelys jinyanensis
- Xinjiangchelys junggarensis (= Xinjiangchelys latimarginalis)
- Xinjiangchelys latiens
- Xinjiangchelys levensis
- Xinjiangchelys naryensis
- Xinjiangchelys oshanensis
- Xinjiangchelys qiguensis
- Xinjiangchelys radiplicatoides
- Xinjiangchelys radiplicatus
- Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis
- Xinjiangchelys wuerhoensis
- Xinjiangchelys wusu
References
- ^ 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.