Where: Lot, France (44.3° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 1.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Phosphorites du Quercy Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• Age indeterminate; upper Stampian likely
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 181109: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 21.08.2016
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Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Ptychogaster cayluxensis n. sp.
Ptychogaster cayluxensis n. sp. Lydekker 1889 turtle |