Torralba de Ribota: 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 | ||||||||||
| a single plate, MNCN 56156, corresponding to a peripheral lacking its distal margin | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Zaragoza |
| Coordinates: | 41.4° North, 1.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.4° North, 3.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | Mammal zone: | MN 3 |
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| 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: | 193247 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2018-05-08 12:17:05 | Last modified: | 2018-05-08 12:17:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-05-08 12:17:05 |
| 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] |