Horta das Tripas (Miocene of Portugal)

Where: Lisbon, Portugal (38.7° N, 9.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 10.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Lower Burdigalian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; poorly lithified sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. Zbyszewski. 1949. Les vertebres du Burdigalien superieur de Lisbonne. Services Geologiques du Portugal, Direction Generale des Mines et Services Geologiques (Lisbonne) 1-77 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36617: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 08.02.2004

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Ceratorhinus tagicus" = Rhinoceros (Ceratorhinus) one-horned rhinoceros
Spelled Cerathorhinus in ref. 9820. Describer of the species: Roman
Brachypotherium aff. aurelianense Nouel 1866 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Brachyodus onoideus anthracothere
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle