Shanshan: Thanetian, China
collected by Field party of the IVPP 1966
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Lindholmemydidae
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Mongolemys turfanensis n. sp.
(Yeh 1974)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| IVPP V 4240, anterior four fifths of a carapace and plastron | ||||||||||
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= "Mongolemys" trufanensis
Yeh 1974
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Danilov 2003 | |||||||||
| corrected as Mongolemys turfanensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Xinjiang |
| Coordinates: | 42.4° North, 89.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.7° North, 81.1° East | ||
| 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: | Thanetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | ||
| Collectors: | Field party of the IVPP | Collection dates: | 1966 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Mongolemys turfanensis type specimen locality; IVPP loc. 66013 | ||
| Database number: | 128411 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | R. Benson, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-06-07 23:28:27 | Last modified: | 2017-07-24 06:52:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-06-07 23:28:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 41938. | H. Yeh. 1974. A new fossil dermatemydid from Sinkiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 12(4):257-261 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |
Secondary references:
| 58770 | D. B. Brinkman, J.-L. Li, and X.-K. Ye. 2008. Order Testudines. In J. Li, X. Wu, F. Zhange (eds.), The Chinese Fossil Reptiles and Their Kin 35-102 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] | |
| 39832 | I. Danilov. 2003. Gravemys Sukhanov and Narmandakh, 1983 (Testudinoidea: Lindholmemydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Asia: new data. PaleoBios 23(3):9-19 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 59194 | P. Missiaen. 2011. An updated mammalian biochronology and biogeography for the Early Paleogene of Asia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49(1):29-52 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] |