Arthez d' Asson PH3 (Pleistocene of France)

Where: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France (43.1° N, 0.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 0.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• Rana temporaria indicates a moist terrestrial habitat, whereas Alytes obstetricans indicates a dryer terrestrial situation.

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 195263: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.08.2018

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758 common frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo bufo Linnaeus 1758 toad
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Alytes obstetricans Laurenti 1768 midwife frog