Manchurochelys

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]

Skull and neck

Manchurochelys
Fossil specimen, Beijing Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pantestudines
Clade:	Testudinata
Family:	†Sinemydidae
Genus:	†Manchurochelys Endo & Shikama, 1942
Species
†M. manchoukuoensis Endo & Shikama, 1942

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]