Casal do Torquato: Quaternary, Portugal
collected 1931, 1943
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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: | Lisboa |
| Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 9.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.2° North, 9.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 29 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
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: found in well, 5-6 m deep, at level ascribed to the last interglacial (Ross-Würm, Eemian) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | pebbly sandy conglomerate |
| Secondary lithology: | black,yellow carbonaceous claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: fossil found "in a gravel and sandy bed with pebbles, overlain by yellow clays with carbonate and lying on black clays" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Disassociated minor elements: | none |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Encrustation: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1931, 1943 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 34511 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-09-04 07:59:01 | Last modified: | 2010-11-08 12:43:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-04 07:59:01 |
| 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] |