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Changmachelys bohlini
Taxonomy
Changmachelys bohlini was named by Brinkman et al. (2013). Its type specimen is CAGS IG-02-0902, a skeleton (a partially disarticulated skeleton of a large individual, preserved in dorsal view), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Changma, Yumen, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone/shale in the Xiagou Formation of China. It is the type species of Changmachelys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Changmachelys bohlini Brinkman et al. figs. 2-9 |
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†Changmachelys bohlini Brinkman et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. B. Brinkman et al. 2013 | A “macrobaenid” differing from all other Early Cretaceous “macrobaenids” from Asia in being round in outline and in retaining well-developed costal-peripheral fenestrae in individuals of large size. Similar to Liaochelys, Manchurochelys, Ordosemys, and Dracochelys and differing from Kirgizemys and Wuguia in that surface of carapace is smooth, without plications extending posterior to the sulci. Similar to Manchurochelys, Kirgizemys, Wuguia, and Dracochelys and differing from Liaochelys and Ordosemys in that the vertebral scutes 2–4 are narrow. Skull similar to Dracochelys, Liaochelys, and Kirgizemys and differing from Manchurochelys and Ordosemys in that prefrontals contact one another at the mid-line. Differing from Dracochelys in that carapace does not have a tapered posterior end |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||