Bach (Oligocene of France)

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
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Ptychogaster cayluxensis n. sp. Lydekker 1889 turtle