Wuguia hutubeiensis Matzke, Maisch, Pfretzschner, Sun, and Stöhr, 2004

Danilov, Igor G. & Sukhanov, Vladimir B., 2006, A basal eucryptodiran turtle “ Sinemys ” efremovi (= Wuguia efremovi) from the Early Cretaceous of China, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (1), pp. 105-110 : 110

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.