Liaochelys Explained

Liaochelys is an extinct genus of sinemydid turtle which existed in western Liaoning, China during the early Cretaceous epoch.^[1] It was first named by Chang-Fu Zhou in 2010 and the type species is Liaochelys jianchangensis.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Chang-Fu Zhou . 2010. A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China . Zootaxa . 2676 . 45–56. 10.11646/zootaxa.2676.1.3.
2. C.-F. Zhou . M. Rabi . 2015 . A sinemydid turtle from the Jehol Biota provides insights into the basal divergence of crown turtles . Scientific Reports . 5 . 16299 . 10.1038/srep16299 . 26553740 . 4639786 . 2015NatSR...516299Z .