near Karakol (Oligocene of Kyrgyzstan)

Where: Kyrgyzstan (42.4° N, 78.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 76.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

Primary reference: A. Riabinin. 1927. [A new chelonian of the lower Tertiary of the surroundings of Lac Issyk]. Izvestiya Geologicheskogo Komiteta 46:193-199 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198240: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 10.12.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Stylemys karakolensis n. sp. Riabinin 1927 turtle
complete shell