Landana Section (layer 12): Selandian, Angola

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines
Taphrosphys congolensis (Dollo 1912)
MRAC 13,714, 6338, 6337
see common names

Geography
Country:Angola
Coordinates: 5.2° South, 12.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.6° South, 3.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Selandian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Selandian
Age range of interval:61.60000 - 59.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Landana
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:195092
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Created:2018-07-19 10:34:38 Last modified:2018-07-19 10:34:38
Access level:the public Released:2018-07-19 10:34:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

66354. A. Pérez García, F. Mees, and T. Smith. 2018. Shell anatomy of the African Paleocene bothremydid turtle Taphrosphys congolensis and systematic implications within Taphrosphyini. Historical Biology [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]