Liaochelys
Extinct genus of turtles
Liaochelys Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Family: | †Sinemydidae |
Genus: | †Liaochelys Zhou, 2010 |
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Liaochelys is an extinct genus of sinemydid turtle which existed in western Liaoning, China during the early Cretaceous epoch.[1] It was first named by Chang-Fu Zhou in 2010 and the type species is Liaochelys jianchangensis.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b Chang-Fu Zhou (2010). "A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2676: 45–56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2676.1.3.
- ^ C.-F. Zhou; M. Rabi (2015). "A sinemydid turtle from the Jehol Biota provides insights into the basal divergence of crown turtles". Scientific Reports. 5: 16299. Bibcode:2015NatSR...516299Z. doi:10.1038/srep16299. PMC 4639786. PMID 26553740.
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- See also: Angolachelonia
- Ankylopoda
- Mesochelydia
- Perichelydia
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