Also known as Zaocishan, Tsotzushan
Where: Liaoning, China (41.0° N, 120.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 122.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Yixian Formation (Jehol Group), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying
• The new specimen, LPM-R00008, is housed at the Paleontological Museum of Liaoning (also referred to as Liaoning Paleontological Museum), Shenyang Normal University (Shenyang, Liaoning Province).
Primary reference: C. -F. Zhou. 2010. A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China. Zootaxa 2676:45-56 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137794: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 19.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis Endo and Shikama 1942 turtle LPM-R00008 (Figs 1–4), an incomplete skeleton including the skull, shell, isolated cervicals, articulated caudal series, partial left forelimb, and the hind limbs
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