Trionyx (Aspideretes) fuchienensis type site, 'Fuchien Province': Early/Lower Cretaceous, China
collected by A geological party of Fuchien Province 1971
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx (Aspideretes) fuchienensis n. sp.
Yeh 1974
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Holotype IVPP V4708, shell | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Fujian |
| Coordinates: | 26.1° North, 119.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.4° North, 124.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1-4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||
| Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 100.50000 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 | ||
| Collectors: | A geological party of Fuchien Province | Collection dates: | 1971 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 137596 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | D. Nicholson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-18 05:58:52 | Last modified: | 2016-05-16 09:05:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-18 05:58:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44005. | H. -K. Yeh. 1974. [A new fossil Tronyx from Fuchien]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 12(3):190-192 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |
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] |