Chouk'outien (Pleistocene of China)

Also known as Zhoukoudian

Where: Fangshan, China (39.7° N, 115.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 115.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Polycene Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. Ping. 1930. On the Remains of a Turtle from Chouk'outien. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 9(3):205-212 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195289: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 03.08.2018

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Polyechmatemys pekinensis n. gen. n. sp. Ping 1930 turtle