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Xinjiangchelys

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Xinjiangchelys
Temporal range: Callovian–Aptian
Syntype specimens of X. wusu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

  • Xinjiangchelys wuerhoensis
  • Xinjiangchelys naryensis
  • Xinjiangchelys chowi
  • Xinjiangchelys jingyanensis
  • Xinjiangchelys jinyanensis
  • Xinjiangchelys junggarensis
  • Xinjiangchelys latiens
  • Xinjiangchelys latimarginalis
  • Xinjiangchelys oshanensis
  • Xinjiangchelys qiguensis
  • Xinjiangchelys radiplicatoides
  • Xinjiangchelys radiplicatus
  • Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis
  • Xinjiangchelys wusu

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. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-203. PMC 3852240. PMID 24053145.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)