Nanhsiungchelys
| Nanhsiungchelys Temporal range: Maastrichtian
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| Holotype skeleton (IVPP V3106) of N. wuchingensis, Paleozoological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | †Nanhsiungchelyidae |
| Genus: | †Nanhsiungchelys Ye, 1966 |
| Type species | |
| †Nanhsiungchelys wuchingensis Ye, 1966
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Nanhsiungchelys (IPA: [ˌnɑːnˈɕiʌŋχελiːs] orIPA: [ˌnɑːnˈɕiʌŋtʃɛliːs]) is a trionychoid turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Nanhsiung, China.[2] Its genus is derived from the location where it was found, Nanhsiung and the greek word "χελωνα" (chelona), which means turtle. Therefore, Nanhsiungchelys means "turtle from Nanxiong".[2] Nanhsiungchelys has been found in rocks dating to the Maastrichtian of Asia and North America.[3] A second species, N. yangi, was described in 2023 on the basis of a skull, mandible, and anterior portion of the carapace that had been found in the Nanxiong Basin, China.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "†Nanhsiungchelys Yeh 1966". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ a b Yeh, Hsiang-k'uei (1966). "A new Cretaceous turtle of Nanhsiung, Northern Kwangtung". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 10 (2): 191–200. S2CID 134968880.
- ^ Tong, Haiyan; Li, Lu (2019-03-01). "A revision of the holotype of Nanhsiungchelys wuchingensis, Ye, 1966 (Testudines: Cryptodira: Trionychoidae: Nanhsiungchelyidae)". Cretaceous Research. 95: 151–163. Bibcode:2019CrRes..95..151T. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.11.003. S2CID 133937906.
- ^ Ke, Yuzheng; Rahman, Imran A.; Song, Hanchen; Hu, Jinfeng; Niu, Kecheng; Lou, Fasheng; Li, Hongwei; Han, Fenglu (2023-05-30). "A new species of Nanhsiungchelys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Nanhsiungchelyidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Nanxiong Basin, China". PeerJ. 11: e15439. doi:10.7717/peerj.15439. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 10237181. PMID 37273532.
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