Zhangchong (Paleocene of China)

Also known as Wufan, Huangpu

Where: Anhui, China (31.1° N, 116.8° E: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 108.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Wanghudun Formation), Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

• lower part of the Upper Member of Wanghudun Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by IVPP in 1970-1972; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: H.-Y. Tong, L. Li, D.-S. Li, L.-M. Chen, T. Li, S.-H. Yu, G.-S. Yu, X.-Q. Cheng, Y.-L. Di and J. Claude. 2016. A revision of Anhuichelys Yeh, 1979, the earliest known stem Testudinidae (Testudines: Cryptodira) from the Paleocene of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 54(2):156-179 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179035: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Anhuichelys siaoshihensis Yeh 1979 turtle
MQSC V 005