Khaychin-Ula IE [SMPE]: Late Paleocene, Mongolia
collected by Joint Soviet–Mongolian Paleontological Expedition 1976

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
PIN 5464/1 - holotype (incomplete shell comprising the right posterior part of the carapace, carapace fragments in the region of the nuchal and costal I plates, left bridge part of the plastron, and fragments of the anterior lobe of plastron are lost)
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 100.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.8° North, 96.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
Stage: Thanetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
Key time interval: Late Paleocene
Age range of interval: 59.24 - 56 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Naran Bulak Member:Naran
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Lower part of Naran Member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:white 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:PIN
Collectors:Joint Soviet–Mongolian Paleontological Expedition Collection dates:1976
Metadata
Also known as:Naran Bulak; Paramongolemys khosatzkyi type; Khaychin; Haichin Ula; Khaichin
Database number:140333
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-03-07 23:24:20 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2013-03-07 23:24:20
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
45403. I. G. Danilov and V. B. Sukhanov. 2013. A new basal testudinoid turtle (Testudinoidea: “Lindholmemydidae”) from the Upper Paleocene of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 47(1):104-113 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]