Kansuchelys ovalis Yeh 1963

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

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.

Distribution: found only at Gaozhuang Fauna (Teilhard de Chardin's Zone II), Yushe County, Shanxi Province

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