Atahualpa Q5 Corte: Pleistocene, Ecuador

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Rhinoclemmys sp. Fitzinger 1835
Carapace: UPSE-T0026
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:2.58800 - 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 Q5 Corte
Database number:185516
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Created:2017-04-26 06:52:15 Last modified:2017-04-26 06:52:15
Access level:the public Released:2017-04-26 06:52:15
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]