Nanhsiungchelys wuchingensis Yeh 1966 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae

Full reference: H.-k. Yeh. 1966. A new Cretaceous turtle of Nanhsiung, northern Kwangtung. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 10(2):191-200

Belongs to Nanhsiungchelys according to H. Tong and L. Li 2018

See also Brinkman et al. 2008 and Yeh 1966

Sister taxon: Nanhsiungchelys yangi

Type specimen: IVPP V.3106, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lashuyuan, Wujing, which is in a Maastrichtian floodplain mudstone/siltstone in the Yuanpu Formation of China.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Lashuyuan, Wujing

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