Reptilia - Testudinata - Sichuanchelyidae

Full reference: Y. Ye and X. Pi. 1997. [A new genus of Chengyuchelyidae from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 35(3):182-188

Belongs to Sichuanchelys according to W. G. Joyce 2017

See also Brinkman et al. 2008, Danilov and Parham 2008, Tong et al. 2012 and Ye and Pi 1997

Sister taxon: Sichuanchelys palatodentata

Type specimen: ZDM 3014, a shell (a complete shell with articulated carapace and plastron; part of carapace surface damaged). Its type locality is Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower], which is in a Bajocian/Oxfordian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower]

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.