Roche-Cotard (Pleistocene of France)

Where: France (47.3° N, 0.4° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 0.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• A rather moist habitat is indicated by the presence of Pelodytes cf. Pelodytes punctatus and Rana temporaria, whereas Bufo calamita indicates a dryer upland area.

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 195249: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 30.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo calamita Cope 1864 toad
 Salientia - Pelodytidae