Liaochelys Zhou 2010 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Sinemydidae

Full reference: C. -F. Zhou. 2010. A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China. Zootaxa 2676:45-56

Parent taxon: Sinemydidae according to C.-F. Zhou and M. Rabi 2015

See also Zhou 2010

Sister taxa: Dracochelys, Hongkongochelys, Jeholochelys, Kirgizemyinae, Manchurochelys, Ordosemys, Sinemys, Wuguia, Xiaochelys, Yumenemys

Subtaxa: Liaochelys jianchangensis

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Type: Liaochelys jianchangensis

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Xiao-tai-zi, La-ma-dong, Jianchang (Cretaceous of China)

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