Charneca do Lumiar: Early/Lower Miocene, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo bolivari
Hernandez-Pacheco 1917
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recombined as Titanochelon bolivari | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Portugal | State/province: | Lisbon |
Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 9.1° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.7° North, 10.8° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | Mammal zone: | MN5 |
Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 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: | 184304 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
Created: | 2017-02-17 14:41:01 | Last modified: | 2017-02-17 14:41:01 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-02-17 14:41:01 |
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] |