Capas inferiores de Coca (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as Cheirogaster bolivari neotype locality

Where: Spain (40.8° N, 4.6° W: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 5.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Jimenez-Fuentes, E. M. Alonso, S. Martin Jesus and E. P. Ramos. 1988. Tipos depositados en la Sala de las Turtugas de la Universidad de Salamanca. Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 25:205-210 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144667: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 15.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Cheirogaster bolivari" = Titanochelon bolivari
"Cheirogaster bolivari" = Titanochelon bolivari Hernandez-Pacheco 1917 turtle
Neotype: N352