Cañadon Hondo: Lutetian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Chelidae indet.
Gray 1825
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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| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |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
| Also known as: | (GPS-FN: Chelijohny) | ||
| Database number: | 208473 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2020-04-01 15:28:15 | Last modified: | 2020-04-01 15:28:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-04-01 15:28:15 |
| 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] |