Lac Chambon (Nel coll) (Pleistocene of France)

Where: France (45.6° N, 2.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 2.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• Early Villafranchian (Piton, 1936; Elhai & Rudel 1961), ~2/2.5 Ma to ~1.8 Ma (Brun 1974).

Environment/lithology: crater lake; diatomite and volcaniclastic

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Andre Nel; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler. 1994. Les Lestoidea (Odonata, Zygoptera) fossiles: Un inventaire critique. Annales de Paléontologie 80(1):1-59 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114059: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 09.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Odonata - Megapodagrionidae
Vulcagrion propedemontanum Piton 1935 flatwing
MNHN-LP-R 07896 Coll Nel
 Odonata - Lestidae
? Sympecma incerta Piton 1935 spread-winged damselfly
MNHN-LP-R 07897 Coll. Nel