Liaochelys jianchangensis 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

Belongs to Liaochelys according to C. -F. Zhou 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PMOL-AR00160, a skeleton. Its type locality is Xiao-tai-zi, La-ma-dong, Jianchang, which is in an Aptian lacustrine siltstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Xiao-tai-zi, La-ma-dong, Jianchang

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