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]。
满洲龟属 | |
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辽西满洲龟化石 | |
科学分类 | |
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 |
种 | |
满洲龟属的学名是於1942年由遠藤隆次和鹿間時夫命名,包含辽西满洲龟、满洲满洲龟和东海满洲龟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
- (英文)Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas. Retrieved on 2008-08-24.
- (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.
- (英文). NewScientistTech. 2004-06-26 [2008-08-26].
- (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).
- (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
外部链接
- (英文)Manchurochelys (页面存档备份,存于) at the Paleobiology Database
- (英文)Paleo File.com's Alphabetical list, M. section. (页面存档备份,存于)
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