Zhaigang, Jiujie: Middle Paleocene, China
collected by G. Chen and Wang Xuanming 1975

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Anhuichelys xinzhouensis n. sp. Chen 1983
Chen 1983
synonym of Anhuichelys tsienshanensis
RGST Hubei V H 751, a nearly complete carapace and plastron
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Hubei County:Xinzhou
Coordinates: 30.8° North, 114.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.7° North, 107.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Selandian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Middle Paleocene
Age range of interval:61.60000 - 59.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Xinzhou Red Beds"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red not reported
Lithology description: Red beds
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
Collectors:G. Chen and Wang Xuanming Collection dates:1975
Metadata
Also known as:Anhuichelys xinzhouensis type locality
Database number:178873
Authorizer:D. Nicholson Enterer:D. Nicholson
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-05-19 09:46:40 Last modified:2017-09-29 06:29:52
Access level:the public Released:2016-05-19 09:46:40
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:

59336 G. Chen. 1983. Chelonian Fossils from Xinzhou Basin of Hubei Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(1):42-48 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
59242 H.-Y. Tong, L. Li, D.-S. Li, L.-M. Chen, T. Li, S.-H. Yu, G.-S. Yu, X.-Q. Cheng, Y.-L. Di and J. Claude. 2016. A revision of Anhuichelys Yeh, 1979, the earliest known stem Testudinidae (Testudines: Cryptodira) from the Paleocene of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 54(2):156-179 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]