Also known as Shiermacheng
Where: Gansu, China (39.8° N, 98.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 94.5° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Late/Upper Eocene to Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 23.0 Ma)
• Oligocene or Late Eocene, exact horizon unknown
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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 179043: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 26.05.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Kansuchelys chiayukuanensis n. sp.
Kansuchelys chiayukuanensis n. sp. Yeh 1963 turtle Holotype IVPP V 1006, a carapace and plastron with right posterior part damaged. Paratype IVPP V 1006a, a carapace and plastron with parts of right peripherals and caudal damaged
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