Mont-Aimé (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Mont Aime; Mont-Aime

Where: France (48.5° N, 3.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 2.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: J. E. Martin and M. Delfino. 2010. Recent advances in the comprehension of the biogeography of Cretaceous European eusuchians. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293:406-418 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195628: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 15.08.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
"Taphrosphys ambiguus n. sp." = Eotaphrosphys ambiguum
"Taphrosphys ambiguus n. sp." = Eotaphrosphys ambiguum Gaudry 1890 sideneck turtle
MNHN.F.MTA1 - holotype
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus, Thoracosaurus isorhynchus n. sp.
Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus de Blainville 1855 crocodilian
Mentioned by Swinton (1938)
Thoracosaurus isorhynchus n. sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian