Casal Valverde (Jurassic of Portugal)

Also known as Silveira

Where: Torres Verdes, Portugal (39.1° N, 9.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 0.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sobral Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Material deposited in SHN, Sociedade de História Natural, Torres Vedras, Portugal

Primary reference: A. Pérez-Garcia and F. Ortega. 2021. New finds of the turtle Plesiochelys in the Upper Jurassic of Portugal and evaluation of its diversity in the Iberian Peninsula. Historical Biology 1-9 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 219477: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 12.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae
Plesiochelys sp. Rütimeyer 1873 turtle
SHN.018, relatively complete and articulated shell