Xinjiangchelys junggarensis type locality: Oxfordian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae
Brinkman et al. 2013
IVPP V9539
1 specimen
Holotype IVPP V7648
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Xinjiang
Coordinates: 43.8° North, 87.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.1° North, 92.1° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5
Key time interval: Oxfordian
Age range of interval: 161.5 - 154.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Shishugou
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Metadata
Also known as:Jiangjunmiao Jiangjunmiao field area
Database number:137597
Authorizer:R. Benson, P. Mannion Enterer:R. Benson, J. Tennant
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-12-18 06:42:18 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-12-18 06:42:18
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
44008. H. -K. Yeh. 1986. [A Jurassic turtle from Junggar, Xinjiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 24(3):171-181 [R. Benson/R. Benson]

Secondary references:

46461 D. B. Brinkman, D. A. Eberth, X. Xu, J. M. Clark, and X.-C. Wu. 2013. Turtles from the Jurassic Shishugou Formation of the Junggar Basin, People's Republic of China, with comments on the basicranial region of basal eucryptodires. Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 147-172 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]