Xinjiangchelys
Xinjiangchelys is an extinct genus of basal pan-cryptodiran xinjiangchelyid turtle known from the Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of China and Kyrgyzstan.[1] It is known from over 11 different species.
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| Syntype specimens of X. wusu | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | †Xinjiangchelyidae |
| Genus: | †Xinjiangchelys Yeh, 1986 |
| Type species | |
| Xinjiangchelys junggarensis Yeh, 1986 | |
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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
- 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.
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