Terra Amata (Pleistocene of France)

Where: Alpes Maritimes, France (43.7° N, 7.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195237: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 30.07.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana cf. temporaria
Rana cf. temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo, Bufo viridis
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
Bufo viridis Laurenti 1768 European green toad
 Salientia - Pelodytidae
Pelodytes cf. punctatus
Pelodytes cf. punctatus Daudin 1802 parsley frog
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Elaphe longissima, Coronella cf. austriaca, Malpolon cf. monspessulanus
Elaphe longissima Laurenti 1768 colubrid snake
Coronella cf. austriaca Laurenti 1768 smooth snake
Malpolon cf. monspessulanus Hermann 1804 Montpellier snake