Xiaochelys

Xiaochelys
Temporal range:
Positive and counter part of the holotype from Ningcheng, northeastern China
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Family: †Sinemydidae
Genus: †Xiaochelys
Zhou and Rabi, 2015
Type species
Xiaochelys ningchengensis
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.

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