Also known as East Mesa; Shara Murun; Twin Oboes; Twin Obes
Where: Nei Mongol, China (43.2° N, 111.3° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 107.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ulan Gochu Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Central Asiatic Expedition in 1928; reposited in the AMNH
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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 178876: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 19.05.2016, edited by Terri Cleary and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Anagale gobiensis n. gen. n. sp.2
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Reptilia | |
Sharemys hemispherica n. sp.
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Testudo nanus n. sp.
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Arretosaurus ornatus n. gen. n. sp.1
Arretosaurus ornatus n. gen. n. sp.1 Gilmore 1943 squamates AMNH 6706 (holotype), incomplete skull and lower jaws articulated with the anterior portion of the skeleton, including some of the pectoral girdle and one forelimb and foot, and a small patch of skin impression; AMNH 6708, disarticulated skull elements
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