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Xinjiangchelys wusu ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8451717https://www.gbif.org/species/8451717
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)288123https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=288123
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Xinjiangchelyidae : Xinjiangchelys : Xinjiangchelys wusu
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Xinjiangchelyidae : Xinjiangchelys : Xinjiangchelys wusu
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
-Testudinata
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
-PancryptodiraJoyce et al. 2004
-Xinjiangchelyidae
genusXinjiangchelysYeh 1986
speciesXinjiangchelys wusuRabi Zhou G.e.Wings & Joyce 2013
Generic NameXinjiangchelys
Scientific NameXinjiangchelys wusu Rabi, Zhou, G.e.Wings & Joyce, 2013
Name Published InRabi, Márton, Changfu Zhou, Oliver Wings, Sun Ge & Walter G. Joyce. 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.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Xinjiangchelys wususpeciesbelongs to Xinjiangchelysstated with evidenceRabi et al., 2013
Xinjiangchelys wususpeciesbelongs to Xinjiangchelysstated without evidenceTong et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance168 - 164 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance168 - 164 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Rabi, C.-F. Zhou, and O. Wings, S. Ge, W. G. Joyce. 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(203):1-28

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2013Xinjiangchelys wusu Rabi et al.
2015Xinjiangchelys wusu Tong et al.

References

Rabi M., Zhou C.-F., et al (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 13 203, 1-28 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-203
Tong H., Dong Z., et al (2015) A revision of Xinjiangchelys oshanensis (Ye, 1973), and new material from the Middle Jurassic of Lufeng, Yunnan Province, China, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 186 1, 43-49 doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.186.1.43
M. Rabi, C.-F. Zhou, O. Wings, S. Ge, W. G. Joyce (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 203: 1--28 (10.1186/1471-2148-13-203) - via Catalogue of Life
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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