Xiaochelys

{{Short description|Extinct genus of turtles}}

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| fossil_range = Early Cretaceous

| image = Xiaochelys ningchengensis.jpg

| image_caption = Positive and counter part of the holotype from Ningcheng, northeastern China

| taxon = Xiaochelys

| authority = Zhou and Rabi, 2015

| type_species = Xiaochelys ningchengensis

| type_species_authority = Zhou and Rabi, 2015

}}

Xiaochelys is an extinct genus of sinemydid turtle that lived in China during the Early Cretaceous epoch. It is known from a single species, X. ningchengensis.{{Cite journal |last1=Zhou |first1=Chang-Fu |last2=Rabi |first2=Márton |date=10 November 2015 |title=A sinemydid turtle from the Jehol Biota provides insights into the basal divergence of crown turtles |journal=Scientific Reports |language=en |volume=5 |issue=1 |page=16299 |doi=10.1038/srep16299 |doi-access=free |pmc=4639786 |pmid=26553740 }}