Where: Mongolia (43.0° N, 109.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 105.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ardyn Obo Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• "Middle Oligocene"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition in 1963
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• ZPAL collection
Primary reference: M. Mlynarski. 1969. Notes on the tortoises (Testudinidae) from the Tertiary of Mongolia. Results Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition, I. Palaeontologica Polonica 19:85-97 [R. Benson/R. Benson/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 128692: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 15.06.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Geochelone insolitus" = Ergilemys insolitus
"Geochelone insolitus" = Ergilemys insolitus Matthew and Granger 1923 turtle Shell fragments including ZPAL MgCh/5 xiphiplastron
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