Milesti (Miocene of Moldova)

Also known as Trionyx moldaviensis type locality

Where: Moldova (47.2° N, 28.1° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 27.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. I. Khosatzky. 1986. [A large trionychid from the Sarmatian of Moldavia]. Ezhegodnik Vsesoyuznogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva 29:158-170 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201969: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 13.06.2019

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx moldaviensis n. sp. Khosatzky 1986 softshell turtle
GKM, No. 3491, carapace of an adult individual