La Martre (Var) (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Dacosaurus lapparenti type locality

Where: France (43.8° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Debelmas and A. Strannoloubsky. 1957. Découverte d’un crocodilien dans le Néocomien de La Martre (Var) Dacosaurus lapparenti n. sp. Travaux du Laboratoire de la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Grenoble 33:89-99 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123368: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 19.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
"Dacosaurus lapparenti n. sp." = Geosaurus lapparenti
"Dacosaurus lapparenti n. sp." = Geosaurus lapparenti Debelmas and Strannoloubsky 1957 marine crocodile
type (skull, neck and tail vertebrae and a partial pelvic girdle)