Plesiochelys jingyanensis type locality: Late/Upper Jurassic, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Xinjiangchelyidae
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Plesiochelys jingyanensis n. sp.
Yeh and Fang 1982
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Yeh and Fang 1982 | |||||||||
| recombined as Xinjiangchelys jingyanensis | ||||||||||
| IVPP V 6746 a nearly complete carapace and plastron | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Sichuan | County: | Jingyan |
| Coordinates: | 29.7° North, 104.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.9° North, 108.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Jurassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 161.50000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chongqing |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | 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: | IVPP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 178717 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Nicholson | Enterer: | D. Nicholson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-05-12 08:55:14 | Last modified: | 2023-07-20 09:38:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-05-12 08:55:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 66663 | H. Yeh and Q. Fang. 1982. A new species of fossil Plesiochelys from Jingyan, Sichuan. Acta Herpetologica Sinica 1(3):63-68 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |