Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae

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Etymology. The species epithet yangi is in memory of paleontologist Zhongjian Yang (Chung-Chien Young).

Full reference: Y. Ke, I. A. Rahman, H. Song, J. Hu, K. Niu, F. Lou, H. Li and F. Han. 2023. A new species of Nanhsiungchelys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Nanhsiungchelyidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Nanxiong Basin, China. PeerJ 11:e15439

Belongs to Nanhsiungchelys according to Y. Ke et al. 2023

Sister taxon: Nanhsiungchelys wuchingensis

Type specimen: CUGW VH108, a partial skeleton (partial skeleton comprising a well-preserved skull and lower jaw and the anterior parts of the carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Southeast of Nanxiong Basin near the Zhenjiang River, which is in a Cenomanian/Campanian terrestrial siltstone in the Dafeng Formation of China.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Southeast of Nanxiong Basin near the Zhenjiang River

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