Also known as (GPS-FN: Cheli2)
Where: Chubut, Argentina (45.4° S, 67.8° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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, 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 208481: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.04.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Chelidae indet. Gray 1825 sideneck turtle |