Manchurochelys

Manchurochelys
Manchurochelys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Macrobaenidae
Genus: Manchurochelys
Endo & Shikama, 1942
Species
  • M. manchoukuoensis Endo & Shikama, 1942 (type)

Manchurochelys is an extinct genus of tortoise[dubious ] in the order Paracryptodira. It existed during the early Cretaceous of what is now northeast China.[1] It has been found in the Jianshangou Bed of West Liaoning's Yixian Formation.[2] However, it is a rarely found fossil.[3]

Ordosemys specimen formerly assigned to Manchurochelys

Manchurochelys was first named by Endo and Shikama in 1942, and contains the single species, M. manchoukuoensis (sometimes misspelled M. manchouensis). A second species, M. liaoxensis, was named in 1995 but was later shown to be a species of Ordosemys.[4] Manchurochelys was a relative of the modern-day snapping turtle.[5] It has been occasionally placed in the family Sinemydidae, although it is said to more likely belong in the family Macrobaenidae.[6]

References

  1. ^ Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas. Retrieved on 2008-08-24.
  2. ^ Jianshangou Bed of the Yixian Formation in West Liaoning, China; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontolgoy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2004-02-06. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
  3. ^ "Fossils Seized". NewScientistTech. 2004-06-26. http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg18224530.700-fossils-seized.html. Retrieved 2008-08-26. 
  4. ^ Tong, H., Ji, S. and Ji, Q. (2004). "Ordosemys (Testudines, Cryptodira) from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeastern China: new specimens and systematic revision." American Museum Novitates, 3438: 1-20.
  5. ^ Dinosaurs: Photo Captions by the American Museum of Natural History. [1]
  6. ^ Fossil Turtle Newsletter. Retrieved on 2008-08-26.

Further reading

  • The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia by Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin
  • The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer

External links

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