Moissey, Jura Dept. (Permian of France)

Where: Jura, France (47.2° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 17.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Autunian (298.9 - 283.5 Ma)

• "Walchia beds"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. R. Reisz. 1986. Pelycosauria. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 17A:1-102 [J. Mueller/J. Dummasch/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181051: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 16.08.2016

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Synapsida - Sphenacodontidae
"Geosaurus cynodus n. sp." = Neosaurus cynodus
"Geosaurus cynodus n. sp." = Neosaurus cynodus Gervais 1869 synapsid
Left maxillary fragment (holotype) in the Besancon Museum (France)