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Adocus kizylkumensis Nessov, 1981

Collection number:

PHT S75-15

Original label:

 

Collection place:

Uzbekistan

Collected:

Nessov L.A. 

Income number:

 

Field number:

 

«Taxon» catalogue number:

 

GenBank catalogue number:

 

Toponym:

Khodzhakul

Locality:

 

Habitat, biotope:

 

Altitude, m:

Sex:

not identified

Age:

not known

Fixation:

dry

DNA samples:

absent

Specimen presence:

in collection

Specimen condition:

excellent

Geological epoch:

Late Cretaceous

Geological stage:

Cenomanian

Taphonomy and lithology:

 

Specimen absolute age, millions of years:

100

Remarks:

shell plate

Related publications:

Nessov L.A. 1981. On the turtle of the family Dermatemydidae from the Cretaceous of Amur River Basin and some other rare findings of remains of ancient turtles of Asia. Pp. 69–73 in: L.Ya. Borkin (Ed.). Herpetological Investigations in Siberia and the Far East. Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad.

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Taxonomical identifications of specimen

Adocus kizylkumensis Nessov, 1981 — Nessov L.A., 1981 (Accepted)