Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae
Alternative combinations: Plesiochelys jingyanensis, Xinjiangchelys jinyanensis
Full reference: H. Yeh and Q. Fang. 1982. A new species of fossil Plesiochelys from Jingyan, Sichuan. Acta Herpetologica Sinica 1(3):63-68
Belongs to Xinjiangchelys according to D. B. Brinkman et al. 2008
See also Brinkman et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Sinemys wuerhoensis, Toxocheloides naryensis, Xinjiangchelys chowi, Xinjiangchelys jinyanensis, Xinjiangchelys junggarensis, Xinjiangchelys oshanensis, Xinjiangchelys qiguensis, Xinjiangchelys radiplicatoides, Xinjiangchelys radiplicatus, Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis
Type specimen: IVPP V 6746, a partial skeleton (nearly complete carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Plesiochelys jingyanensis type locality, which is in a Jurassic terrestrial horizon in China.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Plesiochelys jingyanensis type locality
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