†family Nanhsiungchelyidae Yeh 1966 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae

Full reference: H.-k. Yeh. 1966. A new Cretaceous turtle of Nanhsiung, northern Kwangtung. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 10(2):191-200

Parent taxon: Cryptodira according to Y. Ke et al. 2023

See also Danilov et al. 2013, Hirayama et al. 2001, Hutchison and Holroyd 2003, Hutchison et al. 2013, Joyce and Norell 2005, Ke et al. 2021, Mallon and Brinkman 2018, Peng et al. 2001, Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2009, Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2013, Tong et al. 2012 and Yeh 1966

Sister taxa: Adocusia, Bashuchelyidae, Carettochelyoidea, Charitonyx tajanikolaevae, Chelonemydidae, Chelonioidea, Chelydridae, Chelydroidea, Chersidae, Chitracephalus, Cryptoderinea, Dermatochelydidae, Dermochelyoidea, Durocryptodira, Eucryptodira, Galvechelone, Glyptopidae, Glyptopsidae, Indochelyidae, Kallokibotioninae, Kayentachelyidae, Kinosternia, Kinosternoidae, Meiolanidae, Panchelonioidea, Pantestudinoidea, Pantrionychia, Platysternoidea, Polysternum, Selmacryptodira, Trionychia, Trionychidae, Trionychoidea, Tritosternidae

Subtaxa: Anomalochelys Basilemys Bulganemys Bulganemys Charitonyx Hanbogdemys Hanbogdemysa Jiangxichelys Kharakhutulia Nanhsiungchelys Yuchelys Zangerlia

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Type: Nanhsiungchelys

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (19: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), China (7), Japan (5), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (3), Mongolia (28), United States (91: California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (5)

Total: 159 collections including 167 occurrences

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