Ban Tâng Vai 1 (Cretaceous to of Laos)

Also known as Tang Vay 1

Where: Savannakhet, Laos (16.4° N, 105.7° E: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 112.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Grès supérieurs Formation (Indosinias Group), Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in the 1990s

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. de Lapparent de Broin. 2004. A new Shachemydinae (Chelonii, Cryptodira) from the Lower Cretaceous of Laos: preliminary data. Comptes Rendus Palevol 3:387-396 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118321: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
limb bones