Kugou turtle (Cretaceous of China)
Where: Shandong, China (35.9° N, 119.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 110.0° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Hongtuya Formation (Wangshi Group), Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)
• base of Hongtuya Formation
Environment/lithology: fluvial; conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. Li, H. Tong, K. Wang, S. Chen, and X. Xu. 2013. Lindholmemydid turtles (Cryptodira: Testudinoidea) from the Late Cretaceous of Shandong Province, China. Annales de Paléontologie 99:243-259 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 179125: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 31.05.2016
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Lindholmemydidae indet., Shandongemys dongwuica n. gen. n. sp.
Shandongemys dongwuica n. gen. n. sp. Li et al. 2013 turtle ZCDM V0050 (field catalog number KG-253)
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