Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (43.5° N, 5.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 2.7° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: MP 7 mammal zone, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Deposit between top of Calcaires de Langesse and the base of Calcaires de Montaiguet
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 178050: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 15.04.2016, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Merialus martinae n. gen. n. sp.2
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Dissacus rougierae n. sp.3
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Cymbalophus hookeri n. sp.2
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Lophiaspis maurettei n. sp.2
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Parvagula palulae n. gen. n. sp.4
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Arcius rougieri n. gen. n. sp.2
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Reptilia | |
"Testudo corroyi n. sp." = Owenemys corroyi
"Testudo corroyi n. sp." = Owenemys corroyi Bergounioux 1933 turtle Type UP-AM1. Additional material MNHN PLT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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