Protoxinjiangchelys
| Protoxinjiangchelys Temporal range: Early-Late Jurassic,
| |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Family: | †Xinjiangchelyidae |
| Genus: | †Protoxinjiangchelys Tong et al., 2012[1] |
| Species: | †P. salis
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Protoxinjiangchelys salis Tong et al., 2012[1]
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Protoxinjiangchelys is an extinct genus of xinjiangchelyid turtle[3] known from the Early to Late Jurassic of China (Xintiangou Formation and possibly also the Shaximiao Formation).[4][5][6] It is known from the single species P. salis, which was named and described in 2012.[1] It contains only the holotype, ZDM 3009, which consists of a complete shell with an articulated carapace and a complete plastron[7] and possibly another, older specimen.[7]
References[]
- ^ a b c 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
- ^ H. -K. Yeh. 1990. Fossil turtles from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 28(4):305-311
- ^ Rabi, Márton; Zhou, Chang-Fu; Wings, Oliver; Ge, Sun; Joyce, Walter G (2013). "A new xinjiangchelyid turtle from the Middle Jurassic of Xinjiang, China and the evolution of the basipterygoid process in Mesozoic turtles". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13 (1): 203. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-203. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 3852240. PMID 24053145.
- ^ Hu, Xufeng; Li, Lu; Dai, Hui; Wang, Ping; Buffetaut, Eric; Wei, Guangbiao; Xiong, Can; Tong, Haiyan (August 2020). "Turtle remains from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of Yunyang, Sichuan Basin, China". Annales de Paléontologie. 106 (4): 102440. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2020.102440. S2CID 225451666.
- ^ A. Pérez-García and X. Murelaga. 2013. gen. et sp. nov., a new pan-cryptodiran turtle in the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Range (Spain). Cretaceous Research 41:143-149
- ^ "Xinjiangchelyidae". Fossilworks. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- ^ a b "Protoxinjiangchelys". Paleofile. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
Pantestudines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | This article about a prehistoric turtle is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
Categories:
- Testudinata
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Toarcian first appearances
- Jurassic turtles
- Jurassic reptiles of Asia
- Jurassic China
- Fossils of China
- Fossil taxa described in 2012
- Prehistoric turtle stubs