Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae

Full reference: H. Tong, I. Danilov, Y. Ye, H. Ouyang, and G. Peng. 2012. Middle Jurassic turtles from the Sichuan Basin, China: a review. Geological Magazine 149(4):675-695

Belongs to Protoxinjiangchelys according to E. M. Obraztsova et al. 2022

See also Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013 and Tong et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZDM 3009, a shell (a complete shell with articulated carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower], which is in a Bajocian/Oxfordian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower]

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.