Also known as Oshan
Where: Yunnan, China (24.2° N, 102.4° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° N, 109.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 161.5 Ma)
• Upper Lufeng
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: H. -K. Yeh. 1973. [Discovery of Plesiochelys from Upper Lufeng Series, Oshan, Yunnan and its stratigraphical significance]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 11(2):160-164 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49502: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 18.04.2005, edited by Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Plesiochelys oshanensis n. sp.
Plesiochelys oshanensis n. sp. Yeh 1973 turtle IVPP V 4444 (holotype), partially complete carapace and plastron
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