Foz: 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 sp.
Rütimeyer 1873
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| SHN.JJS.023, relatively complete and articulated shell | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Portugal | State/province: | Torres Verdas |
| Coordinates: | 39.1° North, 9.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 0.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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
| Formation: | Sobral |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Material deposited in SHN, Sociedade de História Natural, Torres Vedras, Portugal. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | São Pedro da Cadeira | ||
| Database number: | 219478 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2021-04-12 07:34:40 | Last modified: | 2021-04-12 07:34:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-04-12 07:34:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 76354. | A. Pérez-Garcia and F. Ortega. 2021. New finds of the turtle Plesiochelys in the Upper Jurassic of Portugal and evaluation of its diversity in the Iberian Peninsula. Historical Biology 1-9 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |