†Manouria yushensis Yeh 1963
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Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combination: Testudo yushensis
Full reference: H. K. Yeh. 1963. Fossil turtles of China. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C 150:1-113
Belongs to Manouria according to C. R. Crumly 1983
See also Yeh 1963
Sister taxa: Manouria emys, Manouria impressa, Manouria oyamai
Type specimen: IVPP V 1028, a partial skeleton (nearly complete carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Gaozhuang Fauna (Teilhard de Chardin's Zone II), Yushe County, Shanxi Province, which is in the Ruscinian of horizon China.
Distribution: found only at Gaozhuang Fauna (Teilhard de Chardin's Zone II), Yushe County, Shanxi Province
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