Castellane: Priabonian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Halitherium taulannense n. sp. Sagne 2001
1 specimen
invalid subgroup of Dugongidae
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 43.8° North, 6.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.5° North, 2.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:65404
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-09-21 12:46:47 Last modified:2007-11-09 15:11:01
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-21 12:46:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18852. C. Sagne. 2001. Halitherium taulannense, nouveau sirenien (Sirenia, Mammalia) de l'Eocene superieur provenant du domaine Nord-Tethysien (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II. Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 333:471-476 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

25744 C. Sagne. 1999. Late Eocene sirenians from Castellane, south east France (Preliminary results). Secondary Adaptation to Life in the Water [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]