Manchurochelys

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Division: Pan-Testudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Subordo: Cryptodira

Superfamily: Macrobaenoidea
Familia: †Sinemydidae
Genus: Manchurochelys
Species: M. manchoukuoensis

Manchurochelys is an extinct genus of turtle in the order Paracryptodira. It existed during the early Cretaceous of what is now northeast China.[1] It has been found in the Jianshangou Bed of West Liaoning's Yixian Formation.[2] However, it is a rarely found fossil.[3]
Skull and neck

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.[4] Manchurochelys was a relative of the modern-day snapping turtle.[5] It has been occasionally placed in the family Sinemydidae, although it is said to more likely belong in the family Macrobaenidae.[6]
References

Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas. Retrieved on 2008-08-24.
Jianshangou Bed of the Yixian Formation in West Liaoning, China; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2004-02-06. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
"Fossils Seized". NewScientistTech. 2004-06-26. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
Tong, H., Ji, S. and Ji, Q. (2004). "Ordosemys (Testudines, Cryptodira) from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeastern China: new specimens and systematic revision." American Museum Novitates, 3438: 1-20.
Dinosaurs: Photo Captions by the American Museum of Natural History. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2008-08-26.

Fossil Turtle Newsletter. Retrieved on 2008-08-26.