Identificación de varios taxones de quelonios en el Vallesiense (Mioceno superior) de Arévalo (Ávila, Cuenca del Duero, España)

In this paper we identified the presence of two taxa of turtles so far not mentioned in the known paleontological area of Arévalo (Ávila). This region was known from the first half of the twentieth century by its findings in fossil turtles. Some specimens of giant tortoises were identified there. Ho...

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Authors: Murelaga, Xabier, Pérez García, Adán
Format: article
Publication Date:2014
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repository:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/10675
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/10675
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Arévalo
Duero Basin
Vallesian
Testudininei
Geoemydidae
Cuenca del Duero
Vallesiense
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Summary:In this paper we identified the presence of two taxa of turtles so far not mentioned in the known paleontological area of Arévalo (Ávila). This region was known from the first half of the twentieth century by its findings in fossil turtles. Some specimens of giant tortoises were identified there. However, no other taxon of turtles has been, until now, described in Arévalo. The association of the three taxa recognized here is very common in the Cenozoic continental deposits of the Iberian Peninsula