Kugou turtle: Campanian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
Lindholmemydidae indet. Chkhikvadze 1970
ZCDM V0051 (field catalog number KG-254)
ZCDM V0050 (field catalog number KG-253)
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Shandong County:Zhucheng
Coordinates: 35.9° North, 119.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.9° North, 115.7° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 7
Key time interval: Campanian
Age range of interval: 83.6 - 72.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Wangshi Formation:Hongtuya
Stratigraphy comments: base of Hongtuya Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:179125
Authorizer:D. Nicholson Enterer:D. Nicholson
Created:2016-05-31 06:47:08 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-05-31 06:47:08
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

59269. L. Li, H. Tong, K. Wang, S. Chen, and X. Xu. 2013. Lindholmemydid turtles (Cryptodira: Testudinoidea) from the Late Cretaceous of Shandong Province, China. Annales de Paléontologie 99:243-259 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]