Liaochelys Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Family: | † Sinemydidae |
Genus: | †
Liaochelys Zhou, 2010 |
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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]