Bourbon-l’Archambault (Permian of France)

Where: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (46.6° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 3.3° N, 18.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cisuralian (298.9 - 272.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J.-S. Steyer, S. Sanchez, P. J. Debriette, A. M. F. Valli, F. Escuille, B. Pohl, R.-P. Dechambre, R. Vacant, C. Spence and G. Ploëg. 2012. A new vertebrate Lagerstätte from the Lower Permian of France (Franchesse, Massif Central): palaeoenvironmental implications for the Bourbon-l’Archambault basin. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 183(6):509-515 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197929: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 01.12.2018, edited by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Seymouriamorpha - Karpinskiosauridae
"Melanerpeton sacheti n. sp." = Discosauriscus sacheti
"Melanerpeton sacheti n. sp." = Discosauriscus sacheti Heyler 1969 tetrapod
 Aeduelliformes - Aeduellidae
Aeduella blainvillei1 Agassiz 1833
Platysella poplinae2 Heyler 2002
BOU 246a, b (holotype - Muséum d"Histoire naturelle, Paris), MNHN BOU 246a,b