Odontochelys semitestacea Li et al. 2008 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines

Full reference: C. Li, X. C. Wu, O. Rieppel, L. T. Wang, and L. J. Zhao. 2008. An ancestral turtle from the Late Triassic of southwestern China. Nature 456:497-501

Belongs to Odontochelys according to D. Perea et al. 2014

See also Li et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V 15639, a skeleton. Its type locality is Guanling, Lower Xiaowa Formation fossil lagerstätte, which is in a Tuvalian deep-water shale/marl in the Xiaowa Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Guanling, Lower Xiaowa Formation fossil lagerstätte

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