Background Most turtles from the Middle and Late Jurassic of Asia are referred to the newly
defined clade Xinjiangchelyidae, a group of mostly shell-based, generalized, small to mid …

Abstract Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous sediments exposed in the Junggar Basin have
yielded a rich turtle assemblage. Jurassic taxa include the purportedly basal turtle …

ABSTRACT A complete description of the xinjiangchelyid turtles Annemys levensis and A.
latiens is provided, based on all available material from the Upper Jurassic type locality of …

The discovery of a new stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) deposits of the Isle
of Skye, Scotland, sheds new light on the early evolutionary history of Testudinata …

Abstract The Middle–Late Jurassic transition period is a critical period for the evolution of
terrestrial vertebrates, but the global fossil record from this time is relatively poor. The …

The biogeographic significance of the Late Cretaceous Haţeg fauna is assessed using both
faunal and phylogenetic analyses. Although extremely endemic at the species level, the …

This paper is devoted to the description of a new species of xinjiangchelyid turtle–Annemys
variabilis sp. nov.–represented by thousands of isolated bones and several more complete …

Recent studies have shown that the Middle Jurassic is a key time for understanding the
origin and early evolution of crown group turtles, but few turtle-bearing localities from this …

Junggar Basin, located in northern Xinjiang, presents continuous and multikilometer-thick
strata of the Jurassic deposits. The Jurassic was entirely terrestrial fluvial and lacustrine …

A new xinjiangchelyid turtle, Kalasinemys prasarttongosothi n. gen. n. sp., is described on
the basis of skull and shell material from the Upper Jurassic Phu Kradung Formation at Phu …