Ulsa, Cambelas (Jurassic to of Portugal)

Where: Centro, Portugal (39.1° N, 9.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 24.1° N, 7.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Everticyclammina virguliana foram zone, Freixial Formation, Middle Tithonian to Middle Tithonian (149.2 - 143.1 Ma)

• orig. Freixial Mb. of Farta Pao Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; carbonate

• brackish and shallow marine
• calcareous matrix inside turtle shell

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: A. Pérez-García, F. Ortega, Z. Murelaga and P. Dantas. 2008. Plesiochelys sp. (Testudines, Eucryptodira) de la Fm. Freixial (Jurásico Superior) en Ulsa (Torres Vedras, Portugal). Palaeontologica Nova. SEPAZ 8:331-344 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 184944: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 31.03.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae
Plesiochelys sp.
Plesiochelys sp. Rütimeyer 1873 turtle
ALT-SHN.ULS.0016