Moratilla 3 (MOR3) (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as Teruel

Where: Zaragoza, Spain (41.2° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 3.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: MNCN

Primary reference: A. Pérez-García. 2017. Analysis of the Iberian Aragonian record of Paleotestudo, and refutation of the validity of the Spanish ‘Testudo catalaunica’ and the French ‘Paleotestudo canetotiana’. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 31(2):321-340 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 193246: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 08.05.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
cf. Paleotestudo antiqua Bronn 1831 turtle
nine elements, corresponding to a partial hyoplastron and eight generally complete plates of the carapace. All elements are disjointed. They correspond to, at least, two individuals of relatively small size, one of them being smaller than the other. All these specimens are numbered as MNCN 35679