List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Pelomedusoides indet.
(Broin 1988)
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| CPCA 3560 (crushed fragments of the skull, a partial lower jaw and the carapace); MN 4122-V is a cast of this material | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Ceará |
| Coordinates: | 5.6° South, 64.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.2° South, 34.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lagoonal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Housed in the collections of the Centro de Pesquisas Paleontológicas da Chapada do Araripe of the Departamento Nacional de Produção Mineral.
"Fielding et al. (2005) briefly mentioned one turtle from bituminous shales at Mina Pedra Branca, near Nova Olinda that was identified as cf. Araripemys; according to one author (JAFGA) this is the same specimen described here" (Oliveira et al. 2011). | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 132359 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-08-15 00:16:17 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-15 00:16:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42633. | G. R. Oliveira, A. A. F. Saraiva, H. Paula Silva, J. A. F. G. Andrade, and A. W. A. Kellner. 2011. First turtle from the Ipubi Formation (Early Cretaceous), Santana Group, Araripe Basin, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 14(1):61-66 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |