Also known as Holy Mesa
Where: Nei Mongol, China (42.0° N, 111.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 107.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ulan Gochu Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red claystone
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 178874: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 19.05.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
? Palaeochelys elongata n. sp.
? Palaeochelys elongata n. sp. Gilmore 1931 turtle AMNH 6698, a left half of carapace and a nearly complete plastron
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