Manchurochelys

{{Short description|Extinct genus of turtles}}

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| image = Manchurochelys-Beijing Museum of Natural History.jpg

| image_caption = Fossil specimen, Beijing Museum of Natural History

| taxon = Manchurochelys

| authority = Endo & Shikama, 1942

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{extinct}}M. manchoukuoensis Endo & Shikama, 1942

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Manchurochelys is an extinct genus of turtle. It existed during the early Cretaceous of what is now northeast China.Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas. Retrieved on 2008-08-24. It has been found in the Jianshangou Bed of West Liaoning's Yixian Formation.[http://219.238.6.200/getfile?category=article&code=04yd0038&file-name=05yd0298.pdf Jianshangou Bed of the Yixian Formation in West Liaoning, China]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2004-02-06. Retrieved on 2008-08-25. However, it is a rarely found fossil.{{cite web |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18224530.700-fossils-seized.html |title=Fossils Seized |work=NewScientistTech |date=2004-06-26 |access-date=2008-08-26}}

Image:Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis.jpg

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.Tong, H., Ji, S. and Ji, Q. (2004). "[http://hdl.handle.net/2246/2803 Ordosemys (Testudines, Cryptodira) from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeastern China: new specimens and systematic revision.]" American Museum Novitates, 3438: 1-20. It has been occasionally placed in the family Sinemydidae, although it is said to more likely belong in the family Macrobaenidae.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060918184317/http://www.yale.edu/peabody/collections/vp/vp_FT/FTN_Feb05.pdf Fossil Turtle Newsletter.] Retrieved on 2008-08-26.