Jialimu Village, Dianzhong, Eshan: Middle Jurassic, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiochelyidae
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Plesiochelys oshanensis n. sp.
Yeh 1973
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| IVPP V 4444 (holotype), partially complete carapace and plastron | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Yunnan |
| Coordinates: | 24.2° North, 102.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.4° North, 109.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3-5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Jurassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 174.70000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Lufeng | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| 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 |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Oshan | ||
| Database number: | 49502 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-18 11:08:50 | Last modified: | 2021-04-14 06:56:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-18 11:08:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 41939. | H. -K. Yeh. 1973. [Discovery of Plesiochelys from Upper Lufeng Series, Oshan, Yunnan and its stratigraphical significance]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 11(2):160-164 [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] |