Nom Khong Obo (Ulan Gochu horizon): Early/Lower Oligocene, China
collected by Central Asiatic Expedition 1928
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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? Palaeochelys elongata n. sp.
Gilmore 1931
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| AMNH 6698, a left half of carapace and a nearly complete plastron | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Nei Mongol |
| Coordinates: | 42.0° North, 111.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.8° North, 107.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ulan Gochu |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| 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: | AMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Central Asiatic Expedition | Collection dates: | 1928 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Holy Mesa | ||
| Database number: | 178874 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Nicholson | Enterer: | D. Nicholson |
| Modifier: | D. Nicholson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-05-19 10:13:00 | Last modified: | 2016-05-19 10:14:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-05-19 10:13:00 |
| 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] |