This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.
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S. Shao, 2018 - Hyperphalangy in a new sinemydid turtle from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota - PeerJ (6), e5371-21 (journal article, English)
O. A. López-Conde, 2018 - Turtles from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of El Gallo Formation, Baja California, Mexico - South American Journal of Earth Sciences (88), 693-699 (journal article, English)
H. Tong, 2018 - A revision of the holotype of Nanhsiungchelys wuchingensis, Ye, 1966 (Testudines: Cryptodira: Trionychoidae: Nanhsiungchelyidae) - Cretaceous Research (), - (journal article, English)
J. C. Mallon, 2018 - Basilemys morrinensis, a new species of nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (38), e1431-11 (journal article, English)
S. Ji, 2018 - [A New Early Cretaceous Turtle from Otog Qi, Inner Mongolia, China] - Acta Geologica Sinica (92), 629-637 (journal article, Chinese)
W. G. Joyce, 2017 - A Review of the Fossil Record of Basal Mesozoic Turtles - Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History (58), 65-113 (journal article, English)
J. Anquetin, 2017 - A review of the fossil record of turtles of the Clade Thalassochelydia - Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History (58), 317-369 (journal article, English)
H. Tong, 2017 - New material of Jiangxichelys ganzhouensis Tong & Mo, 2010 (Testudines: Cryptodira: Nanhsiungchelyidae) and its phylogenetic and palaeogeographical implications - Geological Magazine (154), 456-464 (journal article, English)
A. Pérez-García, 2015 - New data on the poorly-known Late Jurassic European turtles Thalassemys and Enaliochelys and description of a new basal eucryptodiran taxon - Iberian Journal of Geology (41), 21-30 (journal article, English)
E. Cadena, 2015 - The first South American sandownid turtle from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia - PeerJ (3:e1431), 1-24 (journal article, English)
C.-F. Zhou, 2015 - A sinemydid turtle from the Jehol Biota provides insights into the basal divergence of crown turtles - Scientific Reports (5), 16299-12 (journal article, English)
I. G. Danilov, 2015 - Taxonomic Position of Oxemys gutta Nessov, 1977, a Problematic Turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan, and Basisphenoid Morphology in Some Groups of Late Mesozoic Turtles of Asia - Paleontological Journal (49), 279-292 (journal article, English)
C.-F. Zhou, 2014 - A new specimen of Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China and the phylogeny of Cretaceous basal eucryptodiran turtles - BMC Evolutionary Biology (14), 1-16 (journal article, English)
D. Perea, 2014 - Tacuarembemys kusterae, gen. et sp. nov., a new Late Jurassic-?earliest Cretaceous continental turtle from western Gondwana - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (34), 1329-1341 (journal article, English)
A. Pérez-García, 2014 - A new species of the turtle Hylaeochelys (Eucryptodira) outside its known geographic and stratigraphic ranges of distribution - Comptes Rendus Palevol (13), 183-188 (journal article, English)
A. Pérez-García, 2013 - Camerochelys vilanovai gen. et sp. nov., a new pan-cryptodiran turtle in the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Range (Spain) - Cretaceous Research (41), 143-149 (journal article, English)
I. G. Danilov, 2013 - Redescription of Zangerlia dzamynchondi (Testudines: Nanhsiungchelyidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, with a Reassessment of the Phylogenetic Position and Relationships of Zangerlia - Morphology and Evolution of Turtles (), 407-417 (book chapter, English)
H. Tong, 2013 - Morphology and Relationships of Brachyopsemys tingitana gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Paleocene of Morocco and Recognition of the New Eucryptodiran Turtle Family: Sandownidae - Morphology and Evolution of Turtles (), 187-212 (book/book chapter, English)
O. Mateus, 2012 - Cretaceous amniotes from Angola: dinosaurs, pterosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, turtles - Actas de V Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontologia de Dinosaurios y su Entorno, Salas de los Infantes, Burgos (), 71-105 (journal article, English)
H. Tong, 2012 - A new nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Neixiang, Henan Province, China - Annales de Paléontologie (98), 303-314 (journal article, English)
R. M. Sullivan, 2012 - Re-assessment of Late Campanian (Kirtlandian) turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA - Morphology and Evolution of Turtles (), 337-387 (book chapter, English)
A. Pérez-García, 2012 - A new freshwater basal eucryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Spain - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (57), 285-298 (journal article, English)
A. Pérez-García, 2012 - High diversity of pancryptodiran turtles in the Lower Cretaceous of Europe - Cretaceous Research (36), 67-82 (journal article, English)
H. Tong, 2012 - A new species of Sinemys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Sinemydidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China - Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (), - (journal article, English)
A. R. Milner, 2011 - Turtles - Palaeontological Association Field Guide to Fossils (14), 295-304 (journal article, English)
C. -F. Zhou, 2010 - A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China - Zootaxa (2676), 45-56 (journal article, English)
M. Rabi, 2010 - A review of Mesozoic turtles of the Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, Northwest China) and the paleobiogeography of Jurassic to Early Cretaceous testudinates - Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (90), 259-273 (journal article, English)
H. -Y. Tong, 2010 - Jiangxichelys, a new nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China - Geological Magazine (147), 981-986 (journal article, English)
O. Mateus, 2009 - The oldest African eucryptodiran turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (54), 581-588 (journal article, English)
I. G. Danilov, 2008 - New materials on turtles of the family Nanhsiungchelyidae from the Cretaceous of Uzbekistan and Mongolia, with a review of the Nanhsiungchelyid record in Asia - Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS (312), 3-25 (journal article, English)
D. B. Brinkman, 2008 - Order Testudines - The Chinese Fossil Reptiles and Their Kin (), 35-102 (book chapter, English)
V. B. Sukhanov, 2008 - The description and phylogenetic position of a new nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (53), 601-614 (journal article, English)
I. G. Danilov, 2007 - The type series of 'Sinemys' wuerhoensis, a problematic turtle from the Lower Cretaceous of China, includes at least three taxa - Palaeontology (50), 431-444 (journal article, English)
V. B. Sukhanov, 2006 - New taxa of Mesozoic turtles from Mongolia - Fossil Turtle Research (1), 119-127 (journal article, English)
D. B. Brinkman, 2005 - A Late Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian) high-latitude turtle assemblage from the Canadian Arctic - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (42), 2073-2080 (journal article, English)
W. G. Joyce, 2005 - Zangerlia ukhaachelys, new species, a nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia - American Museum Novitates (3481), 1-19 (journal article, English)
H. Tong, 2004 - Ordosemys (Testudines: Cryptodira) from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, Northeastern China: New Specimens and Systematic Revision - American Museum Novitates (3438), 1-20 (journal article, English)
A. R. Milner, 2004 - The turtles of the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England - Palaeontology (47), 1441-1467 (journal article, English)
A. T. Matzke, 2004 - A new basal sinemydid turtle (Reptilia: Testudines) from the Lower Cretaceous Tugulu Group of the Junggar Basin (NW China) - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte (2004), 151-167 (journal article, English)
M. W. Maisch, 2003 - A new sinemydid turtle (Reptilia: Testudines) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Junggar Basin (NW-China) - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte (2003), 705-722 (journal article, English)
J. H. Hutchison, 2003 - Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene turtles of the Denver Basin, Colorado - Rocky Mountain Geology (38), 121-142 (journal article, English)
R. Hirayama, 2001 - Anomalochelys angulata, an unusual land turtle of family Nanhsiungchelyidae (superfamily Trionychoidea; order Testudines) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, North Japan - Russian Journal of Herpetology (8), 127-138 (journal article, English)
P. A. Meylan, 2000 - Sandownia harrisi, a highly derived trionychoid turtle (Testudines: Cryptodira) from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight, England - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (20), 522-532 (journal article, English)
V. B. Sukhanov, 2000 - Mesozoic turtles of Middle and Central Asia - The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia (), 309-367 (book chapter, English)
Y. Ye, 1999 - A new genus of Sinemydidae from the Late Jurassic of Neijiang, Sichuan - Vertebrata PalAsiatica (37), 81-87 (journal article, Chinese)
D. Brinkman, 1996 - A new species of Zangerlia (Testudines; Nanhsiungchelyidae) from the Upper Cretaceous redbeds at Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia, and the relationships of the genus - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (33), 526-540 (journal article, English)
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D. B. Brinkman, 1993 - Ordosemys leios, n. gen., n. sp., a new turtle from the Early Cretaceous of the Ordos Basin, Inner Mongolia - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (30), 2128-2138 (journal article, English)
E. S. Gaffney, 1992 - Dracochelys, a new cryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous of China - American Museum Novitates (3048), 1-13 (journal article, English)
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L. A. Nessov, 1986 - Some late Mesozoic and Paleocene turtles of Soviet middle Asia - Studia Geologie Salamanticensia, Volume Especial 1: Studia Palaecheloniologica (2), 7-22 (journal article, English)
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