Manchurochelys | |
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Fossil specimen, Beijing Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Family: | † Sinemydidae |
Genus: | †
Manchurochelys Endo & Shikama, 1942 |
Species | |
†M. manchoukuoensis Endo & Shikama, 1942 |
Manchurochelys is an extinct genus of turtle. It existed during the early Cretaceous of what is now northeast China. [1] It has been found in the Jianshangou Bed of West Liaoning's Yixian Formation. [2] However, it is a rarely found fossil. [3]
Manchurochelys was first named by Endo and Shikama in 1942, and contains the single species, M. manchoukuoensis (sometimes misspelled M. manchouensis). A second species, M. liaoxensis, was named in 1995 but was later shown to be a species of Ordosemys. [4] It has been occasionally placed in the family Sinemydidae, although it is said to more likely belong in the family Macrobaenidae. [5]
Manchurochelys | |
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Fossil specimen, Beijing Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Family: | † Sinemydidae |
Genus: | †
Manchurochelys Endo & Shikama, 1942 |
Species | |
†M. manchoukuoensis Endo & Shikama, 1942 |
Manchurochelys is an extinct genus of turtle. It existed during the early Cretaceous of what is now northeast China. [1] It has been found in the Jianshangou Bed of West Liaoning's Yixian Formation. [2] However, it is a rarely found fossil. [3]
Manchurochelys was first named by Endo and Shikama in 1942, and contains the single species, M. manchoukuoensis (sometimes misspelled M. manchouensis). A second species, M. liaoxensis, was named in 1995 but was later shown to be a species of Ordosemys. [4] It has been occasionally placed in the family Sinemydidae, although it is said to more likely belong in the family Macrobaenidae. [5]