near Karakol: Oligocene, Kyrgyzstan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Stylemys karakolensis n. sp.
Riabinin 1927
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Geography
| Country: | Kyrgyzstan |
| Coordinates: | 42.4° North, 78.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.5° North, 76.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 198240 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2018-12-10 14:09:06 | Last modified: | 2018-12-10 14:09:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-12-10 14:09:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 67535. | A. Riabinin. 1927. [A new chelonian of the lower Tertiary of the surroundings of Lac Issyk]. Izvestiya Geologicheskogo Komiteta 46:193-199 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |