Where: Aude, France (43.2° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 1.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 2 mammal zone, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: pond; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
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 178480: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 04.05.2016, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Chrysemys astrei n. sp." = Palaeochelys astrei
"Chrysemys astrei n. sp." = Palaeochelys astrei Bergounioux 1935 turtle | |
Trionyx acutiformis n. sp.1, Trionyx ciryi n. sp.1, Trionyx mourieri n. sp.1, Trionyx sp.2, Trionyx chaubeti n. sp.1
Trionyx acutiformis n. sp.1 Bergounioux 1935 softshell turtle LG-FSM (holotype), a carapace fragment
Trionyx ciryi n. sp.1 Bergounioux 1935 softshell turtle LGB-UD (syntype), a carapace fragment (Bergounioux 1935, not figured), now lost
Trionyx mourieri n. sp.1 Bergounioux 1935 softshell turtle MHNT PAL2011.0.82 (holotype), the imprint of a shell
Trionyx chaubeti n. sp.1 Bergounioux 1935 softshell turtle LG-FSM (holotype), left part of a carapace
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