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Extinct genus of turtles

Xiaochelys
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Positive and counter part of the holotype from Ningcheng, northeastern China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Family: Sinemydidae
Genus: Xiaochelys
Zhou and Rabi, 2015
Type species
Xiaochelys ningchengensis
Zhou and Rabi, 2015

Xiaochelys is an extinct genus of sinemydid turtle that lived in China during the Early Cretaceous epoch. It is known from a single species, X. ningchengensis.

References

  1. Zhou, Chang-Fu; Rabi, Márton (10 November 2015). "A sinemydid turtle from the Jehol Biota provides insights into the basal divergence of crown turtles". Scientific Reports. 5 (1): 16299. doi:10.1038/srep16299. PMC 4639786. PMID 26553740.
Taxon identifiers
Xiaochelys
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