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Extinct genus of turtles

Nanhsiungchelys
Temporal range: Maastrichtian 70.6–66.043 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Holotype skeleton (IVPP V3106) of N. wuchingensis, Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: †Nanhsiungchelyidae
Genus: †Nanhsiungchelys
Ye, 1966
Type species
†Nanhsiungchelys wuchingensis
Ye, 1966
Other species
  • †N. yangi Yang et al, 2023

Nanhsiungchelys (IPA: [ˌnɑːnˈɕiʌŋχελiːs] orIPA: [ˌnɑːnˈɕiʌŋtʃɛliːs]) is a trionychoid turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Nanhsiung, China. Its genus is derived from the location where it was found, Nanhsiung and the greek word "χελωνα" (chelona), which means turtle. Therefore, Nanhsiungchelys means "turtle from Nanxiong". Nanhsiungchelys has been found in rocks dating to the Maastrichtian of Asia and North America. A second species, N. yangi, was described in 2023 on the basis of a skull, mandible, and anterior portion of the carapace that had been found in the Nanxiong Basin, China.

References

  1. "†Nanhsiungchelys Yeh 1966". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. ^ Yeh, Hsiang-k'uei (1966). "A new Cretaceous turtle of Nanhsiung, Northern Kwangtung". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 10 (2): 191–200. S2CID 134968880.
  3. Tong, Haiyan; Li, Lu (2019-03-01). "A revision of the holotype of Nanhsiungchelys wuchingensis, Ye, 1966 (Testudines: Cryptodira: Trionychoidae: Nanhsiungchelyidae)". Cretaceous Research. 95: 151–163. Bibcode:2019CrRes..95..151T. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.11.003. S2CID 133937906.
  4. Ke, Yuzheng; Rahman, Imran A.; Song, Hanchen; Hu, Jinfeng; Niu, Kecheng; Lou, Fasheng; Li, Hongwei; Han, Fenglu (2023-05-30). "A new species of Nanhsiungchelys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Nanhsiungchelyidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Nanxiong Basin, China". PeerJ. 11: e15439. doi:10.7717/peerj.15439. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 10237181. PMID 37273532.
Taxon identifiers
Nanhsiungchelys


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