Xinjiangchelys radiplicatus Young and Chow 1953

Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae

Alternative combinations: Chengyuchelys radiplicatus, Plesiochelys radiplicatus

Full reference: C.-C. Young and M.-C. Chow. 1953. New fossil reptiles from Szechuan China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 1(3):87-109

Belongs to Xinjiangchelys according to D. B. Brinkman et al. 2013

See also Brinkman et al. 2008, Matzke et al. 2004, Rabi et al. 2010, Tong et al. 2012, Yeh 1963, Yeh 1986 and Young and Chow 1953

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

Type specimen: IVPP V707, a partial shell. Its type locality is 'Chungking', which is in a Bathonian/Callovian terrestrial horizon in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (2 collections), Kyrgyzstan (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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