Kansuchelys tsiyuanensis type locality (Eocene to of China)

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Kansuchelys tsiyuanensis n. sp. Yeh 1979 turtle
No specimen number, a complete carapace and plastron, left and right pectoral and pelvic girdles