Puylaurens (Oligocene of France)

Where: Tarn, France (43.6° N, 2.0° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 1.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Stampien inferieur

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181101: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 20.08.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo denizoti n. sp. Bergounioux 1935 turtle
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Eggysodontidae
Eggysodon gaudryi Rames 1886 odd-toed ungulate