Aveiras de Baixo: Middle Miocene, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Titanochelon cf. bolivari
(Hernandez-Pacheco 1917)
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Geography
| Country: | Portugal | State/province: | Azambuja Municipality |
| Coordinates: | 39.1° North, 8.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.2° North, 10.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | Mammal zone: | MN 9 |
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 184303 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2017-02-17 14:37:46 | Last modified: | 2017-02-17 14:37:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-02-17 14:37:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61639. | A. Pérez-García, E. Vlachos, and P. Mocho. 2017. The westernmost records of extinct large European tortoises: the presence of Titanochelon (Testudinidae) in the Miocene of Portugal. Historical Biology 29(6):854-861 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion] |