Protoxinjiangchelys

{{Short description|Extinct genus of turtles}}

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| fossil_range = Early-Late Jurassic, {{fossilrange|180|155.7|latest=Late Jurassic}}

| parent_authority = Tong et al., 2012

| taxon = Protoxinjiangchelys salis

| authority = Tong et al., 2012

| synonyms =

• Chengyuchelys cf. zigongensis Ye, 1994H. -K. Yeh. 1990. Fossil turtles from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 28(4):305-311

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Protoxinjiangchelys is an extinct genus of xinjiangchelyid turtle{{Cite journal|last1=Rabi|first1=Márton|last2=Zhou|first2=Chang-Fu|last3=Wings|first3=Oliver|last4=Ge|first4=Sun|last5=Joyce|first5=Walter G|date=2013|title=A new xinjiangchelyid turtle from the Middle Jurassic of Xinjiang, China and the evolution of the basipterygoid process in Mesozoic turtles|url= |journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology|language=en|volume=13|issue=1|pages=203|doi=10.1186/1471-2148-13-203|issn=1471-2148|pmc=3852240|pmid=24053145 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2013BMCEE..13..203R }} known from the Early to Late Jurassic of China (Xintiangou Formation and possibly also the Shaximiao Formation).{{Cite journal|last1=Hu|first1=Xufeng|last2=Li|first2=Lu|last3=Dai|first3=Hui|last4=Wang|first4=Ping|last5=Buffetaut|first5=Eric|last6=Wei|first6=Guangbiao|last7=Xiong|first7=Can|last8=Tong|first8=Haiyan|date=August 2020|title=Turtle remains from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of Yunyang, Sichuan Basin, China|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S075339692030063X|journal=Annales de Paléontologie|volume=106|issue=4|language=en|pages=102440|doi=10.1016/j.annpal.2020.102440|bibcode=2020AnPal.10602440H |s2cid=225451666}}A. Pérez-García and X. Murelaga. 2013. Camerochelys vilanovai gen. et sp. nov., a new pan-cryptodiran turtle in the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Range (Spain). Cretaceous Research 41:143-149{{cite web | url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=235642 | title=Xinjiangchelyidae | publisher=Fossilworks | access-date=May 19, 2015}} It is known from the single species P. salis, which was named and described in 2012.H. Tong, I. Danilov, Y. Ye, H. Ouyang, and G. Peng. 2012. Middle Jurassic turtles from the Sichuan Basin, China: a review. Geological Magazine 149(4):675-695 It contains only the holotype, ZDM 3009, which consists of a complete shell with an articulated carapace and a complete plastron{{cite web | url=http://www.paleofile.com/Turtlelist/Protoxinjiangchelys.asp | title=Protoxinjiangchelys | publisher=Paleofile | accessdate=September 30, 2020}} and possibly another, older specimen.