Niushan (Amyda linchuensis type locality): Early/Lower Eocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Amyda linchuensis n. sp.
Yeh 1962
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| recombined as Trionyx linchuensis | ||||||||||
| IVPP V 1050 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Shandong | County: | Linqu |
| Coordinates: | 36.4° North, 118.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.7° North, 111.3° East |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Niushan |
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: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 178832 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Nicholson | Enterer: | D. Nicholson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-05-17 10:32:54 | Last modified: | 2016-05-17 10:32:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-05-17 10:32:54 |
| 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] |