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This is a well detailed museum quality reproduction of a Manchurochelys liaoxiensis turtle from the early Cretaceous Period of Jianshangou Bed, West Liaoning's Yixian Formation Northeast China. Manchurochelys liaoxiensis is an extinct genus of turtle in the order Paracryptodira and is a rarely found fossil. The reproduction Turtle measures 314mm x 202mm on a matrix of 330mm x225mm.
Manchurochelys liaoxiensis, also known as Ordosemys liaoxiensis, is described as a cryptodire (a turtle order), with a very low domed shell. The carapace, shell, had an oval outline, with the length being slightly longer than the width. Manchurochelys liaoxiensis looked like a modern turtle, but it was a primitive turtle and could not draw its head or legs into its shell. It likely fed on plants, small fish, and insects present in its environment. Manchurochelys liaoxiensis is most closely related to today’s snapping turtle.
The Liaoning region, 130 million years ago, was an area crossed by streams and rivers and dotted with fresh water lakes and active volcanoes. The land areas were covered by forests of conifers, similar to today’s pine and fir, ginkgoes and ferns. There were very few angiosperms, flowering plants. Marshy areas surrounded the lakes. Based on the plants represented in the fossil record of the area, it suggests that the area around Liaoning was a semiarid environment with a warm but dry climate.
Due to the weight of this specimen, overseas customers please contact us regarding the shipping cost.
UK customers can collect in person by appointment.
Price: £95.00
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