Angostaco: Neogene, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Chelidae indet.
Gray 1825
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MLP 88-VIII-l-1, plastral fragments of one individual | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Salta | County: | San Carlos |
Coordinates: | 25.6° South, 66.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 26.0° South, 62.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Neogene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 |
Key time interval: | Neogene |
Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 2.58000 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
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Museo de La Plata, Argentina |
Metadata
Also known as: | Angastaco, Piscuyacu | ||
Database number: | 189511 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
Created: | 2017-10-24 16:20:24 | Last modified: | 2017-10-24 16:20:24 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-10-24 16:20:24 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
63676. | M. S. de la Fuente. 1992. Las tortugas Chelidae del Terciario superior y Cuaternario del territorio argentino. Ameghiniana 29(3):211-229 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |