Fornillos: Aquitanian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Aragon |
| Coordinates: | 42.1° North, 0.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.5° North, 2.7° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Altitude: | 431 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Aquitanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Aquitanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.04 - 20.45 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: south of Sta. Cilia |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 39018 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Wertheim |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-05-18 15:33:21 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-18 15:33:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10430. | M. Crusafont-Pairo and J. M. Golpe-Posse. 1974. Nuevos yacimientos del Terciario continental del N.E. de España. Acta Geologica Hispánica 9:81-83 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim] |