Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae
Parent taxon: Eucryptodira according to E. M. Obraztsova et al. 2022
See also Brinkman et al. 2008, Danilov et al. 2014, 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: Adocoidea, Angolachelonia, Borealochelys, Centrocryptodira, Chelydroidea, Enaliochelys, Hoyasemys, Macrobaenoidea, Peltochelyidae, Plesiochelyoidea, Polycryptodira, Sandownidae, Sinemydidae, Tienfucheloides, Xinjiangchelyoidea
Subtaxa: Annemys Brodiechelys Camerochelys Kalasinemys Phunoichelys Protoxinjiangchelys Shartegemys Shartegemys Tienfuchelys Toxocheloides narynensis Undjulemys Xinjiangchelys Yaxartemys longicauda
Type: 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), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (3), Mongolia (3), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 47 collections including 60 occurrences