A new nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Neixiang, Henan Province, China
Abstract
A new genus and species of Nanhsiungchelyidae (Testudines: Cryptodira), Yuchelys nanyangensis n. g. n. sp., are described on the basis of a partial skeleton from the Late Cretaceous Gaogou Formation of Neixiang, Nanyang Basin, Henan Province. It is the first nanhsiungchelyid record in the east-central part of China and fills the geographical gap between the western (Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Northern and Southern China) and eastern (Japan) distribution areas of the family Nanhsiungchelyidae.
- Publication:
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Annales de paléontologie
- Pub Date:
- October 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.annpal.2012.08.001
- Bibcode:
- 2012AnPal..98..303T
- Keywords:
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- Testudines;
- Nanhsiungchelyidae;
- Late Cretaceous;
- Henan Province;
- China;
- Systematics