Xinjiangchelyidae

Xinjiangchelyidae
Temporal range: Toarcian–Albian
Xinjiangchelys wusu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Perichelydia
Family: Xinjiangchelyidae
Nessov, 1990
Genera

See text

Xinjiangchelyidae is an extinct family of turtles known from the Lower Jurassic to the Middle Cretaceous of Asia and western Europe.[1] They have generally been interpreted as either being basal cryptodires or placed outside of crown Testudines.

  1. ^ "Xinjiangchelyidae". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.