Valdemoros 3: Early/Lower Miocene, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
cf. Paleotestudo antiqua (Bronn 1831)
original and current combination Testudo antiqua
a peripheral, MNCN 35698
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Zaragoza
Coordinates: 41.2° North, 1.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.2° North, 3.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:788 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:none
Disassociated major elements:all
Disassociated minor elements:none
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: MNCN, Madrid, Spain
Metadata
Database number:193245
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-05-08 12:01:49 Last modified:2018-05-08 12:01:49
Access level:the public Released:2018-05-08 12:01:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]