Xinjiangchelys qiguensis Matzke et al. 2004 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae

Full reference: A. T. Matzke, M. W. Maisch, G. Sun, H. Pfretzschner, and H. Stöhr. 2004. A new xinjiangchelyid turtle (Testudines, Eucryptodira) from the Jurassic Qigu Formation of the southern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, North-West China. Palaeontology 47(5):1267-1299

Belongs to Xinjiangchelys according to E. M. Obraztsova et al. 2022

See also Brinkman et al. 2013, Brinkman et al. 2008, Matzke et al. 2004, Rabi et al. 2010 and Tong et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Sinemys wuerhoensis, Toxocheloides naryensis, Xinjiangchelys chowi, Xinjiangchelys jingyanensis, Xinjiangchelys jinyanensis, Xinjiangchelys junggarensis, Xinjiangchelys oshanensis, Xinjiangchelys radiplicatoides, Xinjiangchelys radiplicatus, Xinjiangchelys tianshanensis

Type specimen: SGP 2000/5, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Liuhuanggou bonebed, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian fluvial siltstone/sandstone in the Qigu Formation of China.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Liuhuanggou bonebed

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