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Jiangxichelys, a new nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2010

HAIYAN TONG  and
JINYOU MO
HAIYAN TONG*
Affiliation:
30 Rue Carnot, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
JINYOU MO
Affiliation:
Natural History Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530012, China
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*Author for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

A new taxon of nanhsiungchelyid turtle, Jiangxichelys ganzhouensis n. g. n. sp., is described on the basis of a complete shell from the latest Cretaceous of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China. It is close to Hanbodgemys, but different from the latter in having a boot-shaped second marginal scute reaching the first vertebral scute, a larger first suprapygal, a large fifth vertebral extending onto the tenth peripheral, narrower lateral marginal scutes and a narrower posterior plastral lobe. This discovery adds a new element to the scanty record of nanhsiungchelyids from southern China and illustrates the diversity of the family in that area.

Keywords

TestudinesNanhsiungchelyidaeLate CretaceousJiangxi ProvinceChina
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Geological Magazine , Volume 147 , Issue 6 , November 2010 , pp. 981 - 986
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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