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Xinjiangchelys qiguensis

Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae

Taxonomy
Xinjiangchelys qiguensis was named by Matzke et al. (2004). Its type specimen is SGP 2000/5, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Liuhuanggou bonebed, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian fluvial siltstone/sandstone in the Qigu Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Xinjiangchelys qiguensis Matzke et al. p. 1268 figs. Plate 1; Text-figures 1-11
2008Xinjiangchelys qiguensis Brinkman et al. p. 43
2010Xinjiangchelys qiguensis Rabi et al.
2013Xinjiangchelys qiguensis Brinkman et al.
2015Xinjiangchelys qiguensis Tong et al.
2022Xinjiangchelys qiguensis Obraztsova 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
speciesqiguensis

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 qiguensis Matzke et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available