Shanshan (Paleocene of China)

Also known as Mongolemys turfanensis type specimen locality; IVPP loc. 66013

Where: Xinjiang, China (42.4° N, 89.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 81.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: lower Member (Taizicun Formation), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• from the uppermost unit in the lower member

•Thanetian age for Taizicun Formation from Missiaen (2011).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, calcareous lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Field party of the IVPP in 1966; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: H. Yeh. 1974. A new fossil dermatemydid from Sinkiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 12(4):257-261 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128411: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 07.06.2012, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
""Mongolemys" trufanensis" = Mongolemys turfanensis
""Mongolemys" trufanensis" = Mongolemys turfanensis Yeh 1974 turtle
IVPP V 4240, anterior four fifths of a carapace and plastron