Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae

Full reference: H. Tong, W. Naksri, E. Buffetaut, V. Suteethorn, S. Suteethorn, U. Deesri, S. Sila, P. Chanthasit, and J. Claude. 2014. A new primitive eucryptodiran turtle from the Upper Jurassic Phu Kradung Formation of the Khorat Plateau, NE Thailand. Geological Magazine

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

See also Tong et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PRC 230, a set of postcrania (an almost complete shell with articulated carapace and plastron. The carapace is nearly complete, lacking the posterior peripheral region. The plastron lacks mo). Its type locality is Phu Noi [Phu Kradung Formation], PNB layer, which is in a Tithonian/Berriasian fluvial siltstone/sandstone in the Phu Kradung Formation of Thailand.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Phu Noi [Phu Kradung Formation], PNB layer

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