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Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis
Taxonomy
Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis was named by Nessov (1995). Its type specimen is CCMGE 1/12526, a set of postcrania (shell, vertebrae, bones of girdles and extremities), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality FTA-30, Sarykamyshsay, Naryn River, Fergana, near Tashkumyr, which is in a Callovian lagoonal claystone in the Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis Nessov pp. 135-136 fig. 1 |
| 2000 | Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis Sukhanov p. 313 |
| 2004 | Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis Matzke et al. p. 1296 |
| 2013 | Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis Brinkman et al. |
| 2013 | Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis Pérez-García and Murelaga |
| 2014 | Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis Danilov et al. |
| 2015 | Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis Tong et al. |
| 2022 | Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis Obraztsova et al. |
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†Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis Nessov 1995
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| L. A. Nessov 1995 | Outer relief of the shell has only small, not very prominent folds. The width of the nuchal nuchal plate alongside the margin of carapace is 42 - 51% of posterior width of this plate. Cut-out pattern of anterior margin of carapace is relatively deep and not wide. The first peripheral plate has relatively narrow area of the contact with I costal plate or this contact is absent. The first suprapygal plate has sharp lateral ends which do not have contacts with XI peripheral plates. |