Cerro del Viso (Z-11) (Eocene of Spain)

Also known as El Viso, Madridanos

Where: Zamora, Spain (41.4° N, 5.6° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 8.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Lower Lutetian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: E. Jimenez Fuentes. 1977. Sinopsis sobre los yacimientos fosilíferos paleógenos de la privincia de Zamora. Boletín Geológico y Minero 88:357-364 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45237: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 14.10.2004, edited by David Nicholson and Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
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Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian
"Asiatosuchus" sp. Mook 1940 crocodilian
 Loricata -
Iberosuchus sp. Antunes 1975 crocodilian
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Allaeochelys sp. Noulet 1867 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868 sideneck turtle
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Neochelys sp. Bergounioux 1954 sideneck turtle