South of Rio Branco: Huayquerian - Montehermosan, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Podocnemididae
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Podocnemis negrii n. sp.
Carvalho et al. 2002
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Geography
| Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Acre |
| Coordinates: | 10.0° South, 67.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.2° South, 66.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Huayquerian - Montehermosan |
| Age range of interval: | 7.90000 - 3.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Solimões | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: single specimen | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: none given | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: "continentale fluviatile" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:no indication as to whether there are other taxa | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Rio Acre | ||
| Database number: | 68364 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-01-17 15:05:35 | Last modified: | 2007-01-17 17:05:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-01-17 15:05:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19681. | 5% 57780 | P. Carvalho, J. Bocquentin, and F. Lapparent Broin. 2002. Une nouvelle espèce de Podocnemis (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae) provenant du Néogène de la formation Solimões, Acre, Brésil. Géobios 35(6):677-686 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |