Abocador de Can Mata C1-E: Middle Miocene, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo (Chersine) catalaunica
(Bataller 1926)
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synonym of Testudo antiqua | ||||||||||
IPS32957, Almost complete shell | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Spain | State/province: | Catalonia | County: | Penedès |
Coordinates: | 41.5° North, 1.8° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° North, 0.6° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | Mammal zone: | MN 7 |
Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 12.4 to 12.3 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Vallès Penedès basin |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified sandy,conglomeratic mudstone |
Environment: | alluvial fan |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection,observed (not collected) |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: IPS: Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
Metadata
Database number: | 204221 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2019-09-03 14:46:18 | Last modified: | 2019-09-03 14:46:18 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-09-03 14:46:18 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
69991. | A. H. Lujan, M. Delfino, J. M. Robles and D. M. Alba. 2016. The Miocene tortoise Testudo catalaunica Bataller, 1926, and a revised phylogeny of extinct species of genus Testudo (Testudines: Testudinidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1-31 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |