Reptilia - Testudines - Pantrionychidae
Full reference: D. B. Brinkman, L. A. Nessov, and J.-H. Peng. 1993. Khunnuchelys gen. nov., a new trionychid (Testudines: Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia and Uzbekistan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(10-11):2214-2223
Belongs to Khunnuchelys according to G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce 2017
See also Brinkman et al. 2008 and Brinkman et al. 1993
Sister taxa: Khunnuchelys kizylkumensis, Khunnuchelys lophorhothon
Type specimen: IVPP V9535, a partial skull. Its type locality is SCDP site 10, Iren Dabasu, which is in a Campanian/Campanian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Iren Dabasu Formation of China.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at SCDP site 10, Iren Dabasu
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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