Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Locality and horizon unknown, probably from Yushe, Shanxi.
Alternative combination: Manouria ovalis
Full reference: H. K. Yeh. 1963. Fossil turtles of China. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C 150:1-113
Belongs to Kansuchelys according to D. B. Brinkman et al. 2008
See also Crumly 1983 and Yeh 1963
Sister taxa: Kansuchelys chiayukuanensis, Kansuchelys tsiyuanensis
Type specimen: IVPP V 1007, a partial skeleton (nearly complete carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Gaozhuang Fauna (Teilhard de Chardin's Zone II), Yushe County, Shanxi Province, which is in the Ruscinian of horizon China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Gaozhuang Fauna (Teilhard de Chardin's Zone II), Yushe County, Shanxi Province
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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