Cerro de Batallones 2 (Miocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (40.2° N, 3.8° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 4.6° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: MN 10 (9.7 - 8.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. Perez-Garcia and X. Murelaga. 2013. Las tortugas del Vallesiense superior del Cerro de los Batallones (Madrid, España): nuevos datos sobre el escasamente conocido género Paleotestudo. Ameghiniana 50(3):335-353 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204958: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Paleotestudo cf. catalaunica" = Paleotestudo antiqua
"Paleotestudo cf. catalaunica" = Paleotestudo antiqua Bronn 1831 turtle
BAT-2-129, complete carapace