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Bashuchelyidae
Taxonomy
Bashuchelyidae was named by Tong et al. (2012). Its type is Bashuchelys.
It was assigned to Cryptodira by Tong et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Cryptodira by Tong et al. (2012).
Subtaxa
Bashuchelys (type genus), Chuannanchelys
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Bashuchelyidae Tong et al. p. 679 |
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Fm. †Bashuchelyidae Tong et al. 2012
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G. †Bashuchelys Tong et al. 2012
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†Bashuchelys youngi Tong et al. 2012
†Bashuchelys zigongensis Yeh 1982
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| H. Tong et al. 2012 | Primitive Cryptodira with the following combination of characters: one pair of mesoplastra present (1), which are meeting on the midline (2), with the hyoplastron–mesoplastron suture very close to the pectoroabdominal sulcus in the middle (3); regular and elongate neural series (4); wide fourth vertebral scute (5); sulcus between third and fourth vertebrals on sixth neural (6); plastron sutured to carapace (7); bridge fan-shaped with long axillary and inguinal buttresses (8); epiplastramidline contact present (9); humeropectoral sulcus lying far anterior to axillary notch (10); pectoral scute notably longer than abdominal (11); femoroanal sulcus omega-shaped, reaching or extending onto the hypoplastron (12); four inframarginals (13). Differs from Kayentachelyidae and Indochelyidae by characters 3, 4, 8, 9 and 12. Differs from Heckerochelyidae by characters 4, 6, 7, 11 and 12. Differs from Xinjiangchelyidae by characters 1–3. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bajocian - Oxfordian | China (Sichuan) | Chengyuchelys dashanpuensis, Chengyuchelys sp., Chengyuchelyidae indet., Chengyuchelys baenoides, Chelonia indet. (24883) |