Changmachelys bohlini Brinkman et al. 2013 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Macrobaenidae

Full reference: D. B. Brinkman, C. -X. Yuan, Q. Ji, D. Ji, and H. You. 2013. A new turtle from the Xiagou Formation (Early Cretaceous) of Changma Basin, Gansu Province, P. R. China. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Belongs to Changmachelys according to D. B. Brinkman et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CAGS IG-02-0902, a skeleton (a partially disarticulated skeleton of a large individual, preserved in dorsal view). Its type locality is Changma, Yumen, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone/shale in the Xiagou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Changma, Yumen

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