Kansuchelys chiayukuanensis type locality: Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Kansuchelys chiayukuanensis n. sp.
Yeh 1963
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| Holotype IVPP V 1006, a carapace and plastron with right posterior part damaged. Paratype IVPP V 1006a, a carapace and plastron with parts of right peripherals and caudal damaged | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Gansu | County: | Jiayuguan |
| Coordinates: | 39.8° North, 98.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.4° North, 94.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene |
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Oligocene or Late Eocene, exact horizon unknown |
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
| Also known as: | Shiermacheng | ||
| Database number: | 179043 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Nicholson | Enterer: | D. Nicholson |
| Created: | 2016-05-26 05:41:06 | Last modified: | 2016-05-26 05:41:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-05-26 05:41:06 |
| 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] |