Donghai Coal Mine (Cretaceous to of China)

Where: Heilongjiang, China (45.3° N, 131.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 128.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Chengzihe Formation (Jixi Group), Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

• The formation is composed of mudstones, siltstones and coarse sandstones,

•mainly non-marine in origin; while its lower part consists of paralic deposits

Size class: macrofossils

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 178737: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 13.05.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Sinemydidae
"Manchurochelys donhai n. sp." = Ordosemys donhai
"Manchurochelys donhai n. sp." = Ordosemys donhai Ma 1986 turtle
A well preserved carapace in the Jilin Museum