Moratilla 3 (MOR3): Early/Lower Miocene, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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cf. Paleotestudo antiqua
(Bronn 1831)
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| original and current combination Testudo antiqua | ||||||||||
| nine elements, corresponding to a partial hyoplastron and eight generally complete plates of the carapace. All elements are disjointed. They correspond to, at least, two individuals of relatively small size, one of them being smaller than the other. All these specimens are numbered as MNCN 35679 | ||||||||||
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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 - 15.98000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 15.73 Ma (unknown) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
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 |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: MNCN | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Teruel | ||
| Database number: | 193246 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-05-08 12:08:45 | Last modified: | 2018-05-08 12:08:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-05-08 12:08:45 |
| 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] |