Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae

Alternative combination: Xinjiangchelys wusu

Full reference: M. Rabi, C.-F. Zhou, O. Wings, S. Ge, and W. G. Joyce. 2013. A new xinjiangchelyid turtle from the Middle Jurassic of Xinjiang, China and the evolution of the basipterygoid process in Mesozoic turtles. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13(203):1-28

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

See also Rabi et al. 2013 and Tong et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Annemys latiens, Annemys latiens, Annemys levensis, Annemys levensis, Annemys variabilis

Type specimen: PMOL-SGP A0100-1, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Turtle Cliff Fossil Site, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian fluvial sandstone in the Qigu Formation of China.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Turtle Cliff Fossil Site

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.