Atahualpa Q3 Isla: Pleistocene, Ecuador
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Kinosternon sp.
von Spix 1824
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| Carapace: UPSE-T0022, T0023 and T0025 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Rhinoclemmys sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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| Carapace: UPSE-T0001, T0002, T0012, T0015, T0018, T0019, T0021. Plastron: UPSE-T0006, T0008, T0009, T0010 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydra sp.
Schweigger 1812
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| Carapace: UPSE-T0003 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ecuador | State/province: | Santa Elena |
| Coordinates: | 2.3° South, 80.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.4° South, 80.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| 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 |
| Collection method comments: Part of the paleontological collection at the Universidad Estatal de la Peninsula de Santa Elena (UPSE), La Libertad, Santa Elena Province, Ecuador | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | At Q3 Isla | ||
| Database number: | 185514 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
| Created: | 2017-04-26 06:48:42 | Last modified: | 2017-04-26 06:49:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-04-26 06:48:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62198. | E. Cadena, J. Abella, and M. D. Gregori. 2017. New findings of Pleistocene fossil turtles (Geoemydidae, Kinosternidae and Chelydridae) from Santa Elena Province, Ecuador. PeerJ (e3215)1-15 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Uhen] |