''Liaochelys'' is an extinct

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of macrobaenid

turtle Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked t ...

which existed in western Liaoning, China during the early

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...

epoch. It was first named by Chang-Fu Zhou in 2010 and the type species is ''Liaochelys jianchangensis''.

References

Cryptodira Early Cretaceous turtles Early Cretaceous reptiles of Asia Fossil taxa described in 2010 Prehistoric turtle genera Extinct turtles {{paleo-turtle-stub