Testudo shilouensis type locality (Miocene of China)
Where: Shanxi, China (37.0° N, 110.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 109.3° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Baode Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
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: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 179051: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 26.05.2016
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Testudo shilouensis n. sp.
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