Anomalochelys Hirayama et al. 2001 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae

Full reference: R. Hirayama, K. Sakurai, T. Chitoku, G. Kawakami, and N. Kito. 2001. Anomalochelys angulata, an unusual land turtle of family Nanhsiungchelyidae (superfamily Trionychoidea; order Testudines) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, North Japan. Russian Journal of Herpetology 8(2):127-138

Parent taxon: Nanhsiungchelyidae according to I. G. Danilov et al. 2013

See also Hirayama et al. 2001 and Sukhanov et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Basilemys, Bulganemys, Bulganemys, Charitonyx, Hanbogdemys, Hanbogdemysa, Jiangxichelys, Kharakhutulia, Nanhsiungchelys, Yuchelys, Zangerlia

Subtaxa: Anomalochelys angulata

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Tosano-sawa River, Tomiuchi (Cretaceous of Japan)

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