Alak Shand Khuduk: Maastrichtian, Mongolia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Gobiapalone breviplastra Danilov et al. 2014
1 specimen
recombined as Kuhnemys breviplastra
Partial carapace
see common names

Geography
Country:Mongolia State/province:Omnogov County:Umunugovi Aimag
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 99.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.0° North, 88.3° 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
Formation:Nemegt
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:154391
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:J. Tennant
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-02-19 06:35:40 Last modified:2014-02-19 06:35:40
Access level:the public Released:2014-02-19 06:35:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

50209. I. G. Danilov, R. Hirayama, V. B. Sukhanov, S. Suzuki, M. Watabe and N. S. Vitek. 2014. Cretaceous soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) of Mongolia: new diversity, records, and a revision. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12(7):799-832 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Mannion]