Condeixa-a-Velha: Quaternary, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas antiquus
Falconer and Cautley 1847
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1 specimen | ||||||
recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Portugal | State/province: | Coimbra |
Coordinates: | 40.1° North, 8.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.1° North, 8.6° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Altitude: | 125 meters | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Quaternary |
Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | Conimbriga | Local bed: | 2 | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Quaternary conglomerates are not named; fossil from "bed 2" (= conglomerates). Probably Mindel-Sicilian II interstadial. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | calcareous conglomerate |
Secondary lithology: | calcareous tuff |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "Middle Jurassic limestones are overlain by 5 to 6 meters of Quaternary conglomerates with limestone elements, and these by a thick succession of calcareous tuffs and travertines." | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Disassociated major elements: | all |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 34507 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2003-09-04 06:58:21 | Last modified: | 2010-11-08 12:42:07 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-04 06:58:21 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9108. | 5% 5100 | M. T. Antunes and J. L. Cardoso. 1992. Quaternary elephants in Portugal: new data. Ciências de Terra 11:17-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |