Ganxian County development zone construction: Maastrichtian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
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Jiangxichelys ganzhouensis n. gen., n. sp.
Tong and Mo 2010
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Holotype complete shell with articulated carapace and plastron (NHMG 010415) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Jiangxi | County: | Ganxian |
| Coordinates: | 26.1° North, 115.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.3° North, 109.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Nanxiong | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Nanxiong Formation or its equivalents are found across several provinces in southeastern China and represented by an extensive sequence of red mudstones, sandstones and conglomerates.
Nanxiong Formation, latest Cretaceous | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: ...an extensive sequence of red mudstones, sandstones and conglomerates. In the Ganzhou area, these red beds have yielded lizard bones, dinosaur bones and eggs, and possible turtle eggs | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Housed in the Natural History Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (NHMG), Nanning, China. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Jiangxichelys ganzhouensis type locality | ||
| Database number: | 127742 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-05-23 01:15:34 | Last modified: | 2021-03-26 09:50:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-05-23 01:15:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 41730. | H. -Y. Tong and J. -Y. Mo. 2010. Jiangxichelys, a new nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China. Geological Magazine 147(6):981-986 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |