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Xinjiangchelys jingyanensis
Taxonomy
Plesiochelys jingyanensis was named by Yeh and Fang (1982). Its type specimen is IVPP V 6746, a partial skeleton (nearly complete carapace and plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Plesiochelys jingyanensis type locality, which is in a Jurassic terrestrial horizon in China.
It was recombined as Xinjiangchelys jingyanensis by Brinkman et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Xinjiangchelys jingyanensis by Brinkman et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1982 | Xinjiangchelys jinyanensis Ye and Fang |
| 1982 | Plesiochelys jingyanensis Yeh and Fang |
| 2008 | Xinjiangchelys jingyanensis Brinkman et al. p. 45 |
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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.
†Xinjiangchelys jingyanensis Yeh and Fang 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Jurassic or 161.50000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Jurassic | China (Sichuan) | Plesiochelys jingyanensis (type locality: 178717) |