Sichuanchelyidae

Sichuanchelyidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Family:†Sichuanchelyidae

Sichuanchelyidae is a family of extinct turtles in the Testudinata.

Sichuanchelyidae was originally erected to accommodate the Late Jurassic Asian turtle Sichuanchelys, and it was considered monotypic until Joyce et al. (2016) recovered the problematic Cretaceous turtle Mongolochelys as a close relative of Sichuanchelys.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ H. Tong, I. Danilov, Y. Ye, H. Ouyang, and G. Peng. 2012. Middle Jurassic turtles from the Sichuan Basin, China: a review. Geological Magazine 149(4):675-695
  2. ↑ W. G. Joyce, M. Rabi, J. M. Clark and X. Xu. 2016. A toothed turtle from the Late Jurassic of China and the global biogeographic history of turtles. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16(236):1-29


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