Also known as Tukhun-Kho
Where: Xinjiang, China (43.9° N, 87.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 96.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Hutubihe Formation (Tugulu Group), Hauterivian to Hauterivian (132.9 - 125.0 Ma)
• lowermost Hutubei Formation (Hauterivian-Barremian)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Sino-German Cooperation Project (SGP) in 2001
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ)
Primary reference: A. T. Matzke, M. W. Maisch, H.-U. Pfretzschner, G. Sun, and H. Stöhr. 2004. A new basal sinemydid turtle (Reptilia: Testudines) from the Lower Cretaceous Tugulu Group of the Junggar Basin (NW China). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 2004(3):151-167 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 128695: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 15.06.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Wuguia hutubeiensis n. gen. n. sp.
Wuguia hutubeiensis n. gen. n. sp. Matzke et al. 2004 turtle SGP 2001/006, holotype partial skeleton preserved as a cast; and additional specimens reported by Matzke et al. (2004): SGP 2001/7 (carapace), 8 (partial skeleton), 10 (carapace), 11 (pygal area), 12 (pygal area), 13 (nucal area), 14-15 (two specimens on one slab), 17 (entoplastron), 18 (pygal region)
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