Also known as Xichengliu
Where: Henan, China (35.1° N, 112.6° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 108.4° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Zeyu Formation (Jiyuan Group), Late/Upper Eocene to Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 28.4 Ma)
• Zeyu Formation, Jiyuan Series
•Late Eocene or Early Oligocene
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1963 and 1974
Primary reference: H.-K. Yeh. 1979. [Fossil testudinids from Jiyuan, Henan]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 17(4):310-317 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 179046: 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 tsiyuanensis n. sp.
Kansuchelys tsiyuanensis n. sp. Yeh 1979 turtle No specimen number, a complete carapace and plastron, left and right pectoral and pelvic girdles
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