Testudo changshanensis type locality (Pleistocene of China)
Also known as Sanliting
Where: Zhejiang, China (28.9° N, 118.5° E: paleocoordinates 29.0° N, 118.2° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
• Cavernous sediments
Size class: macrofossils
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 179052: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 26.05.2016
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Testudo changshanensis n. sp.
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