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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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