Manchurochelys
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | †Sinemydidae |
| Genus: | †Manchurochelys Endo & Shikama, 1942 |
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Manchurochelys is an extinct genus of turtle in the order Paracryptodira. 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] Manchurochelys was a relative of the modern-day snapping turtle.[5] It has been occasionally placed in the family Sinemydidae, although it is said to more likely belong in the family Macrobaenidae.[6]
References
- ↑ Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas. Retrieved on 2008-08-24.
- ↑ Jianshangou Bed of the Yixian Formation in West Liaoning, China; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2004-02-06. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
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- ↑ Tong, H., Ji, S. and Ji, Q. (2004). "Ordosemys (Testudines, Cryptodira) from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeastern China: new specimens and systematic revision." American Museum Novitates, 3438: 1-20.
- ↑ Dinosaurs: Photo Captions by the American Museum of Natural History. [1]
- ↑ Fossil Turtle Newsletter. Retrieved on 2008-08-26.
Further reading
- The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia by Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin
- The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer
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