Liaochelys
Name:
Liaochelys
(Liaoning shell).
Phonetic: Le-ow-chel-iss.
Named By: C. -F. Zhou - 2010.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Testudines,
Cryptodira, Macrobaenidae.
Species: L. jianchangensis
(type).
Diet: Unavailable.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China.
Time period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Liaochelys is a genus of cryptodiran turtle that lived in China during the early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang
Formation of western Liaoning, China. - Zootaxa 2676:45-56.
- C. -F. Zhou - 2010.
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