Alak Shand Khuduk: Maastrichtian, Mongolia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Gobiapalone breviplastra
Danilov et al. 2014
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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] |