Xinjiangchelys
Extinct genus of turtles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Xinjiangchelys | |
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Syntype specimens of X. wusu | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Family: | †Xinjiangchelyidae |
Genus: | †Xinjiangchelys Yeh, 1986 |
Type species | |
Xinjiangchelys junggarensis Yeh, 1986 | |
Species | |
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Xinjiangchelys is an extinct genus of xinjiangchelyid turtle known from the Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of China and Kyrgyzstan.[1] It is known from over 11 different species.