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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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo shilouensis n. sp. Hsu et al. 1973 turtle
IVPP V 4027