Ereta del Pedregal (Holocene of Spain)

Where: Valencia, Spain (39.0° N, 0.5° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 0.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: J. V. Morales Perez and A. Sanchis Serra. 2009. The Quaternary fossil record of the genus Testudo in the Iberian Peninsula. Archaeological implications and diachronic distribution in the western Mediterranean. Journal of Archaeological Science 36:1152-1162 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205290: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 10.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys leprosa Schweigger 1812 Mediterranean pond turtle
hyoplastron, peripheral X and XI and costal VI
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 turtle
pygal, costal VI and two plastron fragments