Xinjiangchelyidae Temporal range:
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Xinjiangchelys wusu | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | Perichelydia |
Family: | †Xinjiangchelyidae Nessov, 1990 |
Genera | |
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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.