Chaux-de-Fonds: Middle Miocene, Switzerland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo escheri
Pictet and Humbert 1856
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| BMNH R.1516, cast of entoplastral bone; BMNH R.1516a, cast of anterior marginal | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Ocadia nicoleti n. sp.
(Pictet and Humbert 1856)
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| BMNH R.1517, cast of marginal bone; BMNH R.1517a, cast of marginal bone; BMNH R.1518, cast of right epiplastral; BMNH R.1518a, cast of entoplastral; BMNH R.1518b, cast of right hyoplastral; BMNH R.1518c, cast of fragment of right hypoplastral | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Coordinates: | 47.1° North, 6.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.3° North, 5.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
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: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 198589 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Dunhill | Enterer: | B. Allen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-12-20 09:12:56 | Last modified: | 2018-12-20 09:12:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-12-20 09:12:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 41531. | R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. The Order Chelonia 1-239 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Uhen] |