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Manchurochelys

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Kingdom
  
Suborder
  
Cryptodira

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Turtle

Class
  
Reptilia

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Genus

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Turtle, Anosteira, Sinemys, Sinaspideretes, Chupacabrachelys

Manchurochelys is an extinct genus of turtle in the order Paracryptodira. It existed during the early Cretaceous of what is now northeast China. It has been found in the Jianshangou Bed of West Liaoning's Yixian Formation. However, it is a rarely found fossil.

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. Manchurochelys was a relative of the modern-day snapping turtle. It has been occasionally placed in the family Sinemydidae, although it is said to more likely belong in the family Macrobaenidae.

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Manchurochelys Wikipedia