Jialimu Village, Dianzhong, Eshan (Jurassic of China)

Also known as Oshan

Where: Yunnan, China (24.2° N, 102.4° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° N, 109.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 161.5 Ma)

• Upper Lufeng

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: H. -K. Yeh. 1973. [Discovery of Plesiochelys from Upper Lufeng Series, Oshan, Yunnan and its stratigraphical significance]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 11(2):160-164 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49502: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 18.04.2005, edited by Richard Butler

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae
Plesiochelys oshanensis n. sp. Yeh 1973 turtle
IVPP V 4444 (holotype), partially complete carapace and plastron