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Bashuchelys youngi
Taxonomy
Bashuchelys youngi was named by Tong et al. (2012). Its type specimen is ZDM 3007 (field number ZDM 1), a partial shell (a shell with articulated damaged carapace and almost complete plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower], which is in a Bajocian/Oxfordian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Bashuchelys youngi Tong et al. pp. 679-682 fig. 3 |
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†Bashuchelys youngi Tong et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| H. Tong et al. 2012 | A species of Bashuchelys, different from B. zigongensis in the mesoplastron being strongly narrowed in the middle and mostly included in the abdominal scute, except laterally |