Noyant-sous-le-Lude (Miocene to of France)

Also known as Noyant-Meon; Noyant-sous-Lude

Where: Maine-et-Loire, France (47.5° N, 0.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 1.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 11.6 Ma)

• lower Burdigalian and lower Helvetian; Faluns savigneens

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 181676: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 25.09.2016, edited by Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates
007-PM-270, incomplete right dentary
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys sp. Gray 1870 pond turtle