Where: Rhone, France (45.7° N, 4.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.9° N, 3.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Helvetien superieur
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 181123: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 21.08.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Testudo cf. antiqua Bronn 1831 turtle |