East of Cubillos (Z-12): Lutetian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
in figure, not in text
Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
? Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868
    = Neochelys zamorensis Jimenez-Fuentes 1992
Lapparent de Broin 2003
Reptilia - Crocodilia
Crocodilia indet. Owen 1842
spelled with current rank as Crocodylia
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Zamora
Coordinates: 41.6° North, 2.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.3° North, 5.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:710 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Sparnacian-lower Lutetian
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:45239
Authorizer:J. Alroy, D. Nicholson Enterer:J. Wertheim, D. Nicholson
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-10-14 16:39:00 Last modified:2006-08-14 01:10:44
Access level:the public Released:2004-10-14 16:39:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11746. E. Jimenez Fuentes. 1977. Sinopsis sobre los yacimientos fosilíferos paleógenos de la privincia de Zamora. Boletín Geológico y Minero 88:357-364 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]

Secondary references:

58692 F. Lapparent de Broin. 2003. Neochelys sp. (Chelonii, Erymnochelyinae), from Silveirinha, early Eocene, Portugal. Ciencias da Terra (UNL) 15:117-132 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]