Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae
Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1995. On some Mesozoic turtles of the Fergana Depression (Kyrgyzstan) and Dzhungar Alatau Ridge (Kazakhstan). Russian Journal of Herpetology 2(2):134-141
Belongs to Xinjiangchelys according to E. M. Obraztsova et al. 2022
See also Brinkman et al. 2013, Matzke et al. 2004, Nessov 1995, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013, Sukhanov 2000 and Tong et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Sinemys wuerhoensis, Toxocheloides naryensis, Xinjiangchelys chowi, Xinjiangchelys jingyanensis, Xinjiangchelys jinyanensis, Xinjiangchelys junggarensis, Xinjiangchelys oshanensis, Xinjiangchelys qiguensis, Xinjiangchelys radiplicatoides, Xinjiangchelys radiplicatus
Type specimen: CCMGE 1/12526, a set of postcrania (shell, vertebrae, bones of girdles and extremities). Its type locality is Locality FTA-30, Sarykamyshsay, Naryn River, Fergana, near Tashkumyr, which is in a Callovian lagoonal claystone in the Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Locality FTA-30, Sarykamyshsay, Naryn River, Fergana, near Tashkumyr
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