Fuentesauco (Z-15) (Eocene to of Spain)

Where: Zamora, Spain (41.2° N, 5.5° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 8.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian to Lutetian (47.8 - 33.9 Ma)

• Either Lutetian-Ludien transition, or lower Ludien

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Jimenez Fuentes. 1977. Sinopsis sobre los yacimientos fosilíferos paleógenos de la privincia de Zamora. Boletín Geológico y Minero 88:357-364 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45324: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 19.10.2004, edited by David Nicholson

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868 sideneck turtle
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Neochelys sp. Bergounioux 1954 sideneck turtle
Neochelys aff. salmanticensis Jimenez 1971 sideneck turtle