Hanjiashanbao (Paleocene of China)

Also known as Qipan Village, Pailou Township

Where: Anhui, China (30.8° N, 116.6° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 109.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Doumu Formation, Middle Paleocene (61.7 - 58.7 Ma)

• Lower Member or the base of the Upper Member of Doumu Fm

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 179037: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Anhuichelys tsienshanensis Yeh 1979 turtle
MQSC V 061