15 km north of Neuchâtel, route de La Chauds-de-Fonds (Jurassic of Switzerland)

Also known as Les Hauts-Geneveys

Where: Canton de Neuchâtel, Switzerland (47.1° N, 6.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 15.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gravesia gigas ammonoid zone, Virgulien superieur Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• Age based on possible correlation with the deposits of La Sagne, where the ammonite Gravesia gigas is found

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Vicar General of the diocese of Saint-Claude, M. Girod in <1860

Primary reference: F. d. Lapparent de Broin, B. Lange-Badré, and M. Dutrieux. 1996. Nouvelles decouvertes de tortues dans le Jurassique Supérieur du Lot (France) et examen du taxon Plesiochelyidae. Revue de Paléobiologie 15(2):533-570 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138021: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 03.01.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae
"Emys jaccardi n. sp." = Craspedochelys jaccardi
"Emys jaccardi n. sp." = Craspedochelys jaccardi Pictet 1860 turtle