Also known as (FN: CH1/10, CH4/10, CH20/10, CH53/10 (MPEF-PV 10557, 10558, 10560, 10562)
Where: Chubut, Argentina (45.4° S, 67.7° W: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 57.9° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
When: Sarmiento Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tuff and tuffaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the MEF
Primary reference: J. Sterli, M. S. de la Fuente, and J. M. Krause. 2015. A new turtle from the Palaeogene of Patagonia (Argentina) sheds new light on the diversity and evolution of the bizarre clade of horned turtles (Meiolaniidae, Testudinata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174:519-548 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 208477: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.04.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Gaffneylania auricularis Sterli et al. 2015 turtle |