Wuguia hutubeiensis Matzke, Maisch, Pfretzschner, Sun, and Stöhr, 2004
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13643596 |
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Wuguia hutubeiensis Matzke, Maisch, Pfretzschner, Sun, and Stöhr, 2004 |
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Wuguia hutubeiensis Matzke, Maisch, Pfretzschner, Sun, and Stöhr, 2004
2004 Wuguia hutubeiensis ; Matzke et al. 2004: 153, figs. 1–4.
2004 Wuguia hutubeiensis ; Matzke and Maisch 2004: 474, figs. 1–4.
Holotype: SGP 2001/006, a partial skeleton with carapace and plastron preserved as natural impressions on three slabs.
Locality and horizon: Haojiagou section east of the Toutunhe river, southern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang−Uygur Autonomous Region, China; Lowermost Hutubei Formation, Tugulu Group, Lower Cretaceous (Hauterivian–Barremian).
Diagnosis.—A species of Wuguia without fontanelles in the carapace and plastron. Nuchal fused with peripherals. Pygal wide. Costals 8 not in contact at midline. Plastral bridges make up about 45% of the plastron width. Vertebral 3 longer than wide and narrower than vertebrals 4 and 5.
Distribution.—Hutubei Formation, Lower Tugulu Group, Lower Certaceous, Junggar Basin, northwest China.
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