Bryn Gwyn, MPEF-PV 11360 (Miocene of Argentina)

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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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
 Testudines - Dermochelyidae
Dermochelyidae indet. Lydekker 1889 leatherback