Sant'Avendrace: Tortonian - Messinian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Cheloniidae indet. Bonaparte 1832
1 specimen
(unnumbered, the specimen is set in a fountain inside the garden of the nunnery
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy State/province:Sardinia County:Cagliari
Coordinates: 39.2° North, 9.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.6° North, 4.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian - Messinian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Congregazione delle Ancelle della Sacra Famiglia
Database number:226833
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Created:2022-08-01 07:25:59 Last modified:2022-08-01 07:25:59
Access level:the public Released:2022-08-01 07:25:59
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]