Plesiochelys jingyanensis type locality (Jurassic of China)
Where: Sichuan, China (29.7° N, 104.1° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 108.1° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Chongqing Group, Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: D. B. Brinkman, J.-L. Li, and X.-K. Ye. 2008. Order Testudines. In J. Li, X. Wu, F. Zhange (eds.), The Chinese Fossil Reptiles and Their Kin 35-102 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 178717: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 12.05.2016
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"Plesiochelys jingyanensis n. sp." = Xinjiangchelys jingyanensis
"Plesiochelys jingyanensis n. sp." = Xinjiangchelys jingyanensis Yeh and Fang 1982 turtle IVPP V 6746 a nearly complete carapace and plastron
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