Juan Vilanova y Piera (1821-1893) y la primera tortuga hallada en el Mesozoico español

MNCN 59511 is a natural inner cast of the caparace of a Pancryptodiran turtle from the Lower Cretaceous of Morella (Castellón), whose discovery was attributed to José Royo y Gómez. However, information available at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid) shows that the fossil was actually...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Pérez García, Adán, Ortega, Francisco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/7974
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/7974
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Vilanova y Piera
19th Century
Lower Cretaceous
Turtle
Pancryptodiran
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Sumario:MNCN 59511 is a natural inner cast of the caparace of a Pancryptodiran turtle from the Lower Cretaceous of Morella (Castellón), whose discovery was attributed to José Royo y Gómez. However, information available at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid) shows that the fossil was actually collected in the second half of the nineteenth century by Juan Vilanova y Piera, constituting the first known discovery of a turtle in the Spanish Mesozoic