Taxonomy, morphology, and phylogeny of a nearly complete nanhsiungchelyid specimen from the Upper Cretaceous of the Nanxiong Basin, China

Abstract Nanhsiungchelys, the type genus of Nanhsiungchelyidae, is an extinct turtle taxon that lived during the Late Cretaceous in southern China. Despite having a relatively abundant fossil record, the plastral morphology of Nanhsiungchelys is not well understood. Here, we describe a large specime...

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Main Authors: Yuzheng Ke, Zhongye Shi, Haiyan Tong, Bicheng Li, Yunfei Zhang, Fenglu Han, Walter G. Joyce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-08-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00385-2
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