Where: Chubut, Argentina (43.4° S, 65.4° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° S, 59.3° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
When: Gaiman Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the MEF
Primary reference: J. Sterli, E. Vlachos, P. Puerta, C. Oriozabala, and M. Krause. 2021. Contribution to the diversity of the fossil record of turtles (Testudinidata) from Chubut province (Argentina) and its significance in understanding the evolution of turtles in southern South America. Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 21(1):118-160 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 208497: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.04.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Dermochelyidae indet. Lydekker 1889 leatherback |