Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae
Full reference: H. -K. Yeh. 1986. [A Jurassic turtle from Junggar, Xinjiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 24(3):171-181
Parent taxon: Xinjiangchelyidae according to H. Tong et al. 2015
See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Brinkman et al. 2013, Brinkman et al. 2008, Danilov and Parham 2007, Danilov and Parham 2008, Joyce 2007, Maisch and Matzke 2014, Matzke et al. 2004, Matzke et al. 2005, Nessov 1995, Perea et al. 2014, Pérez-García 2012, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013, Pérez-García et al. 2008, Pérez-García and Ortega 2011, Puntener et al. 2014, Rabi et al. 2010, Rabi et al. 2014, Rabi et al. 2013, Sukhanov 2000 and Yeh 1986
Sister taxa: Annemys, Brodiechelys, Camerochelys, Jastmelchyi, Kalasinemys, Phunoichelys, Protoxinjiangchelys, Shartegemys, Shartegemys, Tienfuchelys, Undjulemys, Undjulemys
Subtaxa: Sinemys wuerhoensis Toxocheloides naryensis Xinjiangchelys chowi Xinjiangchelys jingyanensis Xinjiangchelys jinyanensis Xinjiangchelys junggarensis Xinjiangchelys oshanensis Xinjiangchelys qiguensis Xinjiangchelys radiplicatoides Xinjiangchelys radiplicatus Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis
Type: Xinjiangchelys junggarensis
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (3 collections), Laos (1)
• Jurassic of China (10), Kyrgyzstan (2)
Total: 16 collections including 20 occurrences
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