Kalmakpai (Eocene of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (48.1° N, 84.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 78.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Obayla Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• “Obayla” Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. G. Danilov, V. B. Sukhanov, and E. V. Syromyatnikova. 2011. New Asiatic materials on turtles of the family Adocidae with a review of the adocid record in Asia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences 315(2):101-132 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 189016: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 27.09.2017, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus kazachstanica Chkhikvadze 1973 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Altaytrionyx burtschaki n. sp.2, Altaytrionyx devjatkini n. sp.2, Plastomenus mlynarskii n. sp.1, "Zaisanonyx jimenezfuentesi n. gen. n. sp." = Paleotrionyx jimenezfuentesi2
Altaytrionyx burtschaki n. sp.2 Chkhikvadze 2008 softshell turtle
FE, № 7-1-58, medial part left hypoplastron of an adult individual
Altaytrionyx devjatkini n. sp.2 Chkhikvadze 2008 softshell turtle
PI, no number, right hypoplastron
Plastomenus mlynarskii n. sp.1 Chkhikvadze 1970 softshell turtle
PI, No. Z-1-64, left hypoplastron
"Zaisanonyx jimenezfuentesi n. gen. n. sp." = Paleotrionyx jimenezfuentesi2 Chkhikvadze 1995 softshell turtle
IP, No. 7-1-137, left half the nuchal plate of an adult individual