Between Céreste and Apt (Oligocene of France)

Where: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France (43.9° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 2.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 24 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. Brinkmann and M. Rauhe. 1998. Diplocynodon ratelii Pomel, 1847 (Crocodylia, Leidyosuchidae) aus dem Unter-Oligozän von Céreste (Südfrankreich). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 209(3):295-321 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 148387: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 18.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Diplocynodon ratelii Pomel 1847 crocodilian
Céreste specimen (almost complete skull and postcranium of a subadult)