Vila Franca do Rosário: Tithonian, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiochelyidae
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Plesiochelys choffati n. sp.
Sauvage 1898
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Craspedochelys jaccardi | ||||||||||
| MG-LNEG 28 (holotype), a shell missing most of its posterior rim and associated limb elements | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Portugal | State/province: | Lisbon |
| Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 9.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.2° North, 0.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 145.00000 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 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 189389 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2017-10-15 15:27:17 | Last modified: | 2019-07-16 13:29:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-10-15 15:27:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63601. | H.-E. Sauvage. 1898. Vertébrés Fossiles du Portugal. Contributions à l’Étude des Poissons et des Reptiles du Jurassique et du Crétacique [Fossil Vertebrates of Portugal. Contributions to the Study of the Fishes and Reptiles of the Jurassic and Cretaceous] 1-46 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Carrano] |