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Xiaochelys ningchengensis

Reptilia - Testudines - Sinemydidae

Taxonomy
Xiaochelys ningchengensis was named by Zhou and Rabi (2015). Its type specimen is PMOL-AR00210, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yangshuwanzi, Ningcheng County (NIGP collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Xiaochelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Xiaochelys ningchengensis Zhou and Rabi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Eucryptodira
familySinemydidae
genusXiaochelys
speciesningchengensis

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.

Xiaochelys ningchengensis Zhou and Rabi 2015
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005

Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Nei Mongol) Xiaochelys ningchengensis (type locality: 103654)