Also known as Linchu
Where: Shandong, China (36.5° N, 118.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 111.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Niushan Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)
• Primary reference states age as Early/Lower Oligocene but more recent literature uses Early Eocene.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: Z.-W. Cheng. 1961. A new ansterine turtle from Linchu, Shanting. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 5(3):273-277 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 154958: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 24.03.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Anosteira shantungensis n. sp." = Anosteira mongoliensis
"Anosteira shantungensis n. sp." = Anosteira mongoliensis Gilmore 1931 turtle Skull and partial carapace
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