Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae

Derivation of name. The species name refers to the high degree of variation in the skull and shell characters of the new species.

Full reference: E. M. Obraztsova, S. A. Krasnolutskii, V. B. Sukhanov and I. G. Danilov. 2022. Xinjiangchelyid turtles from the Middle Jurassic of the Berezovsk coal mine (Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia): systematics, skeletal morphology, variation, relationships and palaeobiogeographic implications. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 20(1):1-61

Belongs to Annemys according to E. M. Obraztsova et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Annemys latiens, Annemys latiens, Annemys levensis, Annemys levensis, Annemys wusu

Type specimen: ZIN PH 26/184, a partial skull (braincase). Its type locality is Berezovsk Quarry, which is in a Bathonian fluvial claystone in the Itat Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Berezovsk Quarry

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