Cubillos (Eocene of Spain)

Also known as Cubillos-Monfarracinos, Valdegallina, Tardemayas

Where: Zamora, Spain (41.4° N, 5.3° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 8.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Entrala Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Ortega, I. Armenteros, A. Celis, F. Escaso, P. Huerta, S. M. Jesús, I. Narváez, A. Pérez-García, and J. L. Sanz. 2022. Crocodyliformes and Testudines from the Eocene of the Duero Basin (northwestern Spain): an update of their diversity and stratigraphic context. Historical Biology 34(8):1560-1581 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224598: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 23.03.2022, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Neochelys zamorensis Jimenez-Fuentes 1992 sideneck turtle