Ordosemys liaoxiensis ( Ji 1995 )

Zhou, Chang-Fu, Wu, Wen-Hao & Rabi, MAErton, 2019, Presence of the Jehol Biota turtle Ordosemys liaoxiensis in the Early Cretaceous Hengtongshan Formation of southern Jilin Province, China, Fossil Record 22 (2), pp. 57-64 : 58

Ordosemys liaoxiensis ( Ji 1995)

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Specimens

XL-007 ( Fig. 3), a subadult specimen with most of the shell; XL-008 ( Fig. 4), a juvenile skeleton including a partial skull, cervicals, shell and forelimbs; XL-009 ( Fig. 2), an adult skeleton including a partial carapace, much of the plastron, and some appendicular bones. These fossils are deposited in the Paleontological Collection of Xingling Town (XL).

Locality and horizon

A quarry (GPS: 42 ◦ 24 Į 54.52 ĮĮ N, 125 ◦ 51 Į 02.21 ĮĮ E) near Shuanghe Village, Xingling Town, Meihekou City, southern Jilin Province, China ( Fig. 1); the Early Cretaceous Hengtongshan Formation (119–123 Myr).