Bosa: Burdigalian - Langhian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Trachyaspis lardyi
Meyer 1873
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MDLCA 23858 (formerly CL 152), a fragment of a carapace from a single individual | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Italy | State/province: | Sardinia | County: | Planargia |
| Coordinates: | 40.3° North, 8.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.8° North, 3.6° East |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian - Langhian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: The Miocene succession in the Bosa area is represented by marls, sands, and conglomerates from the second marine sedimentary cycle of Sardinia (Early–Middle Miocene [late Burdigalian–late Langhian]) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| 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 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 226831 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2022-08-01 06:56:20 | Last modified: | 2022-08-01 06:56:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-08-01 06:56:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 82315. | D. Zoboli, G. L. Georgalis, M. Arca, C. Tuveri, S. Carboni, L. Lecca, G. L. Pillola, L. Rook, M. Villani, F. Chesi, and M. Delfino. 2022. An overview of the fossil turtles from Sardinia (Italy). Historical Biology 1-30 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |