Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (43.5° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 2.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MP 7 mammal zone, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Deposit between top of Calcaires de Langesse and the base of Calcaires de Montaiguet

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178050: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 15.04.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

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