Azillanet (Eocene of France)

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées, France (43.3° N, 2.7° E: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 0.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MP 10 mammal zone, Calcaire d'Agel Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Calcare d'Agel

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Lapparent de Broin. 2003. Neochelys sp. (Chelonii, Erymnochelyinae), from Silveirinha, early Eocene, Portugal. Ciencias da Terra (UNL) 15:117-132 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 179574: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 20.06.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis gazini2 Godinot 1978 even-toed ungulate
 Primates - Notharctidae
Agerinia cf. roselli1 Crusafont-Pairó 1967 primate
Reptilia
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Neochelys sp. Bergounioux 1954 sideneck turtle