Vallecas: Langhian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Titanochelon bolivari
(Hernandez-Pacheco 1917)
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MNCN collection (six specimens, Figs 10–13) 73209, cervical vertebra; 73210, cervical vertebra; 73211, acromion; 73212, coracoid; 73213, plastron; 73214, carapace; | ||||||||||
cf. Paleotestudo antiqua
(Bronn 1831)
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Pérez-García 2017 | |||||||||
original and current combination Testudo antiqua | ||||||||||
fi ve plates, some of them are complete but others are partial elements, corresponding to the carapace of one or, probably (taking into account the differences in the size and preservation between the specimens),at least two individuals. All of them are numbered as MNCN 49181 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Spain |
Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 3.7° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 40.5° North, 4.9° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Langhian | Mammal zone: | MN 5 |
Age range of interval: | 15.97000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Late Aragonian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: MNCN |
Metadata
Database number: | 187337 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2017-07-21 14:03:19 | Last modified: | 2017-07-21 14:11:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-07-21 14:03:19 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
60876. | A. Pérez-García and E. Vlachos. 2014. New generic proposal for the European Neogene large testudinids (Cryptodira) and the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the medium and large representatives of the European Cenozoic record. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172:653-719 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
65661 | 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] |