Rincón del Bu
Basic information
Sample name: Rincón del Bu
Reference: X. Murelaga, X. P. Suberbiola, F. de Lapparent de Broin, J.-C. Rage, S. Duffaud, H. Astibia, and A. Badiola. 2002. Amphibians and reptiles from the Early Miocene of the Bardenas Reales of Navarre (Ebro Basin, Iberian Peninsula). Geobios 35:347-365 [ER 4300]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Navarre
Coordinate: 42.1697° N, -1.4464° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Formation: Tudela
Time interval: Early Miocene
Zone: 2b-3
Geography comments: "The region of the Bardenas Reales is located in the southwestern part of Navarre. It is situated in the northwestern area of the Ebro Basin"
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: "composed of alluvial, lacustrine and palustrine deposits"
"clays, sandstones, marls and limestones, with some intercalations of gypsum"
"These evidences suggest that the bulk of water was shallow and sporadic. In other words, the sedimentary environment was probably a wetland"
"clays, sandstones, marls and limestones, with some intercalations of gypsum"
"These evidences suggest that the bulk of water was shallow and sporadic. In other words, the sedimentary environment was probably a wetland"
Methods
Life forms: other reptiles,turtles,snakes,frogs,lizards
Sample size: specimens
Museum: Government of Navarre
Sampling comments: "The fossils belong to the palaeontological collections of the Government of Navarre; they are provisionally housed in the Laboratory of Palaeontology of the Universidad del País Vasco/EHU (Bilbao)"
Metadata
Sample number: 4672
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Nicholas Vine
Modifier no: Nicholas Vine
Created: 2025-02-14 01:20:15
Modified: 2025-02-14 01:21:17
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