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Nanhsiungchelys wuchingensis

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae

Taxonomy
Nanhsiungchelys wuchingensis was named by Yeh (1966). Its type specimen is IVPP V.3106, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lashuyuan, Wujing, which is in a Maastrichtian floodplain mudstone/siltstone in the Yuanpu Formation of China. It is the type species of Nanhsiungchelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Nanhsiungchelys wuchingensis Yeh p. 191 figs. 1-3, plates 1-4
2008Nanhsiungchelys wuchingensis Brinkman et al. p. 64
2018Nanhsiungchelys wuchingensis Tong and Li

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
familyNanhsiungchelyidae
genusNanhsiungchelys
specieswuchingensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0China (Guangdong) Nanhsiungchelys wuchingensis (type locality: 71863)