Chihmushan, Chingning Hsien (Changisaurus microrhinus type locality) (Jurassic of China)

Where: Chekiang, China (27.2° N, 111.3° E: paleocoordinates 27.5° N, 115.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Chienteh Formation, Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• natural mold in shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: C.-C. Young. 1959. On a new Lacertilia from Chingning, Chekiang, China. Science Record 3(10):520-523 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195405: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 07.08.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Thalassemydidae
Changisaurus microrhinus n. gen. n. sp.
Changisaurus microrhinus n. gen. n. sp. Young 1959 turtle