auto-estrada do Norte, Carregado: Quaternary, Portugal
collected 1977

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas antiquus Falconer and Cautley 1847
recombined as Palaeoloxodon antiquus
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal State/province:Lisboa
Coordinates: 39.0° North, 9.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.0° North, 9.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:0 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary
Key time interval:Quaternary
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: assigned to Riss-Würm interglacial, Eemian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "mostly clayey terrace deposits"
Environment:"channel"
Geology comments: "bottom of a channel cut"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1977
Metadata
Database number:34512
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-09-04 08:06:05 Last modified:2010-11-08 12:43:30
Access level:the public Released:2003-09-04 08:06:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9108.5% 5100M. 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]