Xiaochelys
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Extinct genus of turtles
| Xiaochelys | |
|---|---|
| Positive and counter part of the holotype from Ningcheng, northeastern China | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Family: | †Sinemydidae |
| Genus: | †Xiaochelys Zhou and Rabi, 2015 |
| Type species | |
| Xiaochelys ningchengensis Zhou and Rabi, 2015
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Xiaochelys is an extinct genus of sinemydid turtle that lived in China during the Early Cretaceous epoch. It is known from a single species, X. ningchengensis.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ Zhou, Chang-Fu; Rabi, Márton (10 November 2015). "A sinemydid turtle from the Jehol Biota provides insights into the basal divergence of crown turtles". Scientific Reports . 5 (1): 16299. doi:10.1038/srep16299 . PMC 4639786 . PMID 26553740.