Cañadon Hondo, MPEF-PV 11369: Lutetian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae
Hydromedusa casamayorensis de la Fuente and Bona 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Chubut
Coordinates: 45.4° South, 67.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.9° South, 57.9° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Lutetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Lutetian
Age range of interval: 47.8 - 41.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sarmiento
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: tuff
Secondary lithology:tuffaceous sandstone
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
Museum repositories:MEF
Metadata
Database number:208472
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Created:2020-04-01 15:26:45 Last modified:2020-04-01 15:26:45
Access level:the public Released:2020-04-01 15:26:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

71994. J. Sterli, E. Vlachos, P. Puerta, C. Oriozabala, and M. Krause. 2021. Contribution to the diversity of the fossil record of turtles (Testudinidata) from Chubut province (Argentina) and its significance in understanding the evolution of turtles in southern South America. Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 21(1):118-160 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion]