Riogazas-Chorro Bed 62 (Jurassic to of Spain)

Also known as Hispiniachelys prebetica type locality

Where: Spain (37.9° N, 3.0° W: paleocoordinates 30.0° N, 5.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bimammatum ammonoid zone, Lorente Formation, Middle Oxfordian to Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 150.8 Ma)

• External Prebetic, Betic Cordillera

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

• Carbonate epicontinental shelf system, mid-shelf environment
• 22m sequence of well-stratified limestone and marl rhythmites dominated by limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Housed in the Museo de Palaeontologia of the Unversidad de Granada, Spain

Primary reference: B. J. Slater, M. Reolid, R. Schouten and M. J. Benton. 2011. A new Late Jurassic turtle from Spain: phylogenetic implications, taphonomy and palaeoecology. Palaeontology 54(6):1393-1414 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140115: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 01.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae
Hispaniachelys prebetica n. gen. n. sp.
Hispaniachelys prebetica n. gen. n. sp. Slater et al. 2011 turtle
RGCHSP-62-52, near-complete carapace, multiple postcranial remains