Kansuchelys tsiyuanensis type locality: Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene, China
collected 1963 1974
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Kansuchelys tsiyuanensis n. sp.
Yeh 1979
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| No specimen number, a complete carapace and plastron, left and right pectoral and pelvic girdles | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Henan | County: | Jiyuan |
| Coordinates: | 35.1° North, 112.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.9° North, 108.4° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene |
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
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 | Collection dates: | 1963 and 1974 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Xichengliu | ||
| Database number: | 179046 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Nicholson | Enterer: | D. Nicholson |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
| Created: | 2016-05-26 08:39:11 | Last modified: | 2017-09-29 06:34:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-05-26 08:39:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59660. | H.-K. Yeh. 1979. [Fossil testudinids from Jiyuan, Henan]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 17(4):310-317 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |