Chefdebien Brickyard (Pliocene of France)

Where: Pyrénées-Orientales, France (42.7° N, 2.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 2.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MN 15 mammal zone, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

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 178673: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 10.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
"Paralichelys carinata n. gen. n. sp." = Mauremys gaudryi
"Paralichelys carinata n. gen. n. sp." = Mauremys gaudryi Depéret 1885 pond turtle
coll. UPS-T3