Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae
Parent taxon: Eucryptodira according to E. M. Obraztsova et al. 2022
See also Brinkman et al. 2008, Hu et al. 2020, Maisch and Matzke 2014, Matzke et al. 2004, Pérez-García et al. 2014, Rabi et al. 2010, Rabi et al. 2014, Tong et al. 2012 and Zhou and Rabi 2015
Sister taxa: Angolachelonia, Borealochelys, Centrocryptodira, Enaliochelys, Hoyasemys, Polycryptodira, Sandownidae, Sinemydidae, Sinochelyidae, Tienfucheloides
Subtaxa: Annemys Brodiechelys Camerochelys Kalasinemys Phunoichelys Protoxinjiangchelys Shartegemys Shartegemys Tienfuchelys Undjulemys Undjulemys Xinjiangchelys
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (3 collections), Japan (5), Laos (1), Spain (5), the United Kingdom (3)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Thailand (2)
• Jurassic of China (20), Kyrgyzstan (2), Mongolia (4), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 46 collections including 58 occurrences