Manchurochelys is an extinct genus of turtle. It existed during the early Cretaceous of what is now northeast China.[1] It has been found in the Jianshangou Bed of West Liaoning's Yixian Formation.[2] However, it is a rarely found fossil.[3]
Skull and neck
Manchurochelys was first named by Endo and Shikama in 1942, and contains the single species, M. manchoukuoensis (sometimes misspelled M. manchouensis). A second species, M. liaoxensis, was named in 1995 but was later shown to be a species of Ordosemys.[4] It has been occasionally placed in the family Sinemydidae, although it is said to more likely belong in the family Macrobaenidae.[5]
References
^Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas. Retrieved on 2008-08-24.
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