Praia Azul: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Tropidemys sp.
Rütimeyer 1873
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| SHN.LPP 173, a fragment of the medial area of a carapace | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Portugal | State/province: | Centro | County: | Lisbon |
| Coordinates: | 39.1° North, 9.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 0.9° 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
| Formation: | Sobral |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Turtle locality | ||
| Database number: | 167730 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-03-30 08:32:43 | Last modified: | 2022-06-07 14:50:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-30 08:32:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54780. | A. Pérez-García. 2015. Revision of the British record of Tropidemys (Testudines, Plesiochelyidae) and recognition of its presence in the Late Jurassic of Portugal. Journal of Iberian Geology 41(1):11-20 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |