Myneseksuyek (Oligocene of Kazakhstan)

Where: Kazakhstan (46.6° N, 57.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° N, 53.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chilikty Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Material deposited at IZANK

Primary reference: V. V. Kuznetsov and V. M. Chkhikvadze. 1977. New Data on Fresh-water Tortoises (Testudines, Emydidae) from the Middle Oligocene of the Turgay Basin (Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 22(3):37-44 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 200124: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 18.03.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Ocadia turgaica n. sp. Kuznetsov and Chkhikvadze 1977 turtle
IZANK 339, partial plastron
 Testudines - Emydidae
Chrysemys lavrovi n. sp. Kuznetsov and Chkhikvadze 1977 painted turtle
IZANK 588, partial plastron