Where: Kazakhstan (47.2° N, 66.4° E: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 63.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Betpakdala Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• Original description: Betpakda-linskaya Svita (Betpakdala Formation), Oligocene
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. S. Vitek and I. G. Danilov. 2015. New material of Ulutrionyx ninae from the Oligocene of Kazakhstan, with a review of Oligocene trionychids of Asia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(5):e973570:1-9 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 179689: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 24.06.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Trionyx ninae n. sp.
Trionyx ninae n. sp. Chkhikvadze 1971 softshell turtle IPGAS KK-19, a left hypoplastron, type specimen
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