Nanhsiungchelys

Nanhsiungchelys
Temporal range: Maastrichtian 70.6–66.043 Ma[1]
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Holotype skeleton (IVPP V3106) of N. wuchingensis, Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: †Nanhsiungchelyidae
Genus: †Nanhsiungchelys
Ye, 1966
Type species
†Nanhsiungchelys wuchingensis
Ye, 1966
Other species
  • †N. yangi Yang et al, 2023

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference fossilworks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Yeh, Hsiang-k'uei (1966). "A new Cretaceous turtle of Nanhsiung, Northern Kwangtung". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 10 (2): 191–200. S2CID 134968880.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.