Kert, Mangyshlak (Eocene of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (44.2° N, 53.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 48.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Shorym Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: ZIN, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Primary reference: E. A. Zvonok, A. V. Panteleev, and I. G. Danilov. 2024. A new Trachyaspis-like pan-cheloniid turtle from the Bartonian of Kazakhstan. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 328(2):167-196 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235279: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 24.06.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Protrachyaspis shorymensis n. gen. n. sp. Zvonok et al. 2024 sea turtle
ZIN PH 28/177, part of postcranial skeleton,