near Libertador San Martin: Late Pleistocene, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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| CICYTTP-PV-R-1-268, nearly complete plastron | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Entre Rios |
| Coordinates: | 32.1° South, 60.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Arroyo Feliciano |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Centro de Investigaciones Cientfiicas y Transferencia de Tecnologia a la Produccion (CICYTTP), Diamante, Argentina | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ensenada stream Basin | ||
| Database number: | 187629 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
| Created: | 2017-08-05 18:11:39 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-08-05 18:11:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62997. | A. S. Manzano, J. I. Noriega, and W. Joyce. 2009. The tropical tortoise Chelonoidis denticulata (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Argentina and its paleoclimatological implications. Journal of Paleontology 83(6):975-980 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |