满洲龟

满洲龟学名)是已灭绝的真曲颈龟下目中的一属,存於白垩纪时期的中国东北[1],发现於辽西义县组尖山沟层[2],是一种罕见的化石[3]

辽西满洲龟化石

满洲龟属
辽西满洲龟化石
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: Reptilia
目: 龜鱉目 Testudines
亚目: 曲颈龟亚目 Cryptodira
科: 大贝氏龟科 Macrobaenidae
属: 满洲龟属 Manchurochelys
Endo & Shikama, 1942

满洲龟属的学名是於1942年由遠藤隆次鹿間時夫命名,包含辽西满洲龟满洲满洲龟东海满洲龟3个物种,与现代的鳄龟科(Chelydridae)有亲缘关系[4]。目前满洲龟被分到中国龟科下,不过有观点认为将其分到大贝氏龟科(Macrobaenidae)[5]更恰当。

参考文献

  1. (英文)Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas. Retrieved on 2008-08-24.
  2. (英文)Jianshangou Bed of the Yixian Formation in West Liaoning, China; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontolgoy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2004-02-06. Retrieved on 2008-08-25.
  3. (英文). NewScientistTech. 2004-06-26 [2008-08-26].
  4. (英文)Dinosaurs: Photo Captions by the American Museum of Natural History. (PDF). [2008-08-26]. (原始内容 (PDF)存档于2007-10-28).
  5. (英文)Fossil Turtle Newsletter. Retrieved on 2008-08-26.

延伸阅读

  • (英文)The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia by Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin
  • (英文)The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer

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