Ceva: Early/Lower Miocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Chenornis graculoides
Portis 1884
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Plotornis graculoides | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx pedemontana n. sp.
Portis 1879
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Portis 1879 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Trionychidae | ||||||||||
| An almost complete carapace, with remains of the left hyo-hypoplastron (holotype) (Portis 1879, pl. 4), unknown whereabouts | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Piemonte |
| Coordinates: | 44.4° North, 8.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 7.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | Mammal zone: | MN1-MN2 |
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 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: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 155755 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-04-29 16:21:32 | Last modified: | 2014-09-04 12:49:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-04-29 16:21:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42659. | G. Mayr and M. Pavia. 2014. On the true affinities of Chenornis graculoides Portis, 1884, and Anas lignitifila Portis, 1884—an albatross and an unusual duck from the Miocene of Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(4):914-923 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 64304 | A. Portis. 1879. Di alcuni fossili terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria appartenenti all’ordine dei chelonii. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 32(2):113-134 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 48846 | J. Velez-Juarbe, T. Martin, R. D. MacPhee and D. Ortega-Ariza. 2014. The earliest Caribbean rodents: Oligocene caviomorphs from Puerto Rico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):157-163 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/M. Uhen] |