Valdemoros 3: Early/Lower Miocene, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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cf. Paleotestudo antiqua
(Bronn 1831)
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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] |