Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis

Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptodira 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Cladus: Pantestudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Subordo: Cryptodira

Superfamilia: Macrobaenoidea
Familia: †Sinemydidae
Genus: †Manchurochelys
Species: †

Name

Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis Endo & Shikama, 1942

  • Holotype: Registration No. 3898 (former Central National Museum of Manchoukuo), a shell
  • Type locality: Tsaotzushan, 21 km southwest of Yizhou, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

References

Primary references

  • Endo, R. & Shikama, T. 1942. Mesozoic reptilian fauna in the Jehol mountainland, Manchoukuo. Bulletin of the Central National Museum of Manchoukou 3: 1–20. Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Zhou, C-f. 2010: A second specimen of Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis Endo & Shikama, 1942 (Testudines: Eucryptodira) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Zootaxa, 2534: 57–65. Preview