Fuentesauco (Z-15): Lutetian - Priabonian, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Neochelys sp. Bergounioux 1954
Lapparent de Broin 2003
Neochelys aff. salmanticensis (Jimenez 1971)
Lapparent de Broin 2003
Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain State/province:Zamora
Coordinates: 41.2° North, 5.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.0° North, 8.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Key time interval:Lutetian - Priabonian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Either Lutetian-Ludien transition, or lower Ludien
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:45324
Authorizer:J. Alroy, D. Nicholson Enterer:J. Wertheim, D. Nicholson
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-10-19 11:19:21 Last modified:2006-08-14 01:10:44
Access level:the public Released:2004-10-19 11:19:21
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]