Also known as Itilochelys rasstrigin type locality
Where: Volgograd, Russian Federation (49.4° N, 45.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 38.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• The upper fossiliferous level of the Beryozovaya Beds
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1990
Primary reference: I. G. Danilov, A. O. Averianov, and A. A. Yarkov. 2010. Itilochelys rasstrigin gen. et sp. nov., a new hard-shelled sea turtle (Cheloniidae sensu lato) from the Lower Palaeocene of Volgograd Province, Russia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RSA 314(1):24-41 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 115694: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 03.09.2011, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Itilochelys rasstrigin n. gen. n. sp.
Itilochelys rasstrigin n. gen. n. sp. Danilov et al. 2010 sea turtle ZIN PH 1/118 - holotype (partial skull with disarticulated lower jaw and first three cervical vertebrae); referred specimens: ZIN PH 2/118 (dentary) and ZIN PH 3/118 (right humerus)
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