Vale de Figueira: Cenomanian, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Algorachelus peregrina
(Pérez-García 2017)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| TA 0001 is an articulated partial shell which preserves the posterior half of the carapace as well as much of the plastron, except for most of the anterior plastral lobe and the distal region of the xiphiplastra | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Portugal | State/province: | Lisbon |
| Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 9.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.3° North, 6.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Niveau de Ostrea aff. africana | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of the “Niveau de Ostrea aff. africana” (sensu Choffat, 1885) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | dolomite |
| Lithology description: These limestone plates were characterized by the abundance of ostracods that Choffat (1885) referred to Cypris. Those ostracod-rich beds were not specifically referred by Ramalho (1993). However, these beds, from the upper part of the “Niveau de Ostrea aff. africana” (Choffat, 1885), probably correspond to the dolomitic limestones identified at the top of the middle Cenomanian (Ramalho, 1993). | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: TA, Telles Antunes Collection, deposited at the Museu Maynense, Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Concelho de Sintra, Belas | ||
| Database number: | 234569 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2024-04-24 08:03:36 | Last modified: | 2024-04-24 08:03:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2024-04-24 08:03:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 88248. | M. T. Antunes and A. Pérez-García. 2024. A bothremydid turtle (Pleurodira) from the middle Cenomanian of Vale de Figueira (Belas, Portugal). The Anatomical Record 1-7 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |