Lourinha turtle locality: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian, Portugal
collected by Jesper Milan 2000-2004
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Compsemydidae
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Peltochelys duchastelli
(Dollo 1885)
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| original and current combination Peltochelys duchastelii | ||||||||||
| Carapace and pleural fragments | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Portugal |
| Coordinates: | 39.1° North, 9.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 1.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 152.20000 - 146.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Jesper Milan | Collection dates: | 2000-2004 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 138303 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-10 07:27:34 | Last modified: | 2013-01-09 14:27:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-10 07:27:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38095. | H.-V. Karl, J. Milan, and G. Tichy. 2012. New shell remains of Peltochelys duchastelli (Dollo, 1884) from Western Europe and the rise of trionychids (Testudines: Trionychoidea). Studia Palaeocheloniologica 4:87-106 [R. Benson/R. Benson/J. Tennant] |