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Xinjiangchelys junggarensis

Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae

Taxonomy
Xinjiangchelys junggarensis was named by Yeh (1986). Its type specimen is IVPP V7648, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xinjiangchelys junggarensis type locality, which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial horizon in the Shishugou Formation of China. It is the type species of Xinjiangchelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Xinjiangchelys junggarensis Yeh p. 172 figs. plate 1
2000Xinjiangchelys junggarensis Sukhanov p. 313
2004Xinjiangchelys junggarensis Matzke et al. p. 1295
2008Xinjiangchelys junggarensis Brinkman et al. p. 42
2013Xinjiangchelys junggarensis Brinkman et al.

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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
familyXinjiangchelyidaeNessov 1990
genusXinjiangchelys
speciesjunggarensis

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
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