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Kansuchelys
Taxonomy
Kansuchelys was named by Yeh (1963).
It was assigned to Testudininae by Kuhn (1966); and to Testudinidae by Yeh (1963), Carroll (1988) and Brinkman et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Testudininae by Kuhn (1966); and to Testudinidae by Yeh (1963), Carroll (1988) and Brinkman et al. (2008).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Kansuchelys Yeh |
| 1966 | Kansuchelys Kuhn p. 26 |
| 1988 | Kansuchelys Carroll |
| 2008 | Kansuchelys Brinkman et al. p. 90 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Kansuchelys Yeh 1963
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†Kansuchelys chiayukuanensis Yeh 1963
†Kansuchelys ovalis Yeh 1963
†Kansuchelys tsiyuanensis Yeh 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Ruscinian or 37.20000 to 3.20000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | China (Henan) | K. tsiyuanensis (179046) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene | China (Gansu) | K. chiayukuanensis (179043) | |
| Ruscinian | China (Shanxi) | K. ovalis (42273) |