Named By: | Haiyan Tong, Igor Danilov, Yong Ye, Hui Ouyang, & Guangzhao Peng in 2011 |
Time Period: | Middle Jurassic |
Location: | China - Xiashaximiao Formation |
Size: | Unavailable |
Diet: | Unavailable |
Fossil(s): | Few individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Testudines | Cryptodira | Bashuchelyidae | |
Also known as: | | Chengyuchelys zigongensis | |
Bashuchelys is an extinct genus of bashuchelyid Middle Jurassic turtle from the Sichuan Basin in the People's Republic of China. As of 2011, it is the only known genus of the family Bashuchelyidae.