Liaochelys

Liaochelys; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pantestudines
Clade:	Testudinata
Family:	†Sinemydidae
Genus:	†Liaochelys; Zhou, 2010
Species
	L. jianchangensis Zhou, 2010 (type);

Liaochelys is an extinct genus of macrobaenid turtle which existed in western Liaoning, China during the early Cretaceous epoch.^[1] It was first named by Chang-Fu Zhou in 2010 and the type species is Liaochelys jianchangensis.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Chang-Fu Zhou (2010). "A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2676: 45–56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2676.1.3.
^ "A sinemydid turtle from the Jehol Biota provides insights into the basal divergence of crown turtles". Scientific Reports. 5: 16299. 2015. Bibcode:2015NatSR...516299Z. doi:10.1038/srep16299. PMC 4639786. PMID 26553740. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

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[ZhouLiaochelys-1] Chang-Fu Zhou (2010). "A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2676: 45–56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2676.1.3.

[2] "A sinemydid turtle from the Jehol Biota provides insights into the basal divergence of crown turtles". Scientific Reports. 5: 16299. 2015. Bibcode:2015NatSR...516299Z. doi:10.1038/srep16299. PMC 4639786. PMID 26553740. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

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