Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (43.4° N, 5.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 6.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• Fuvelian deposits; age could be Santonian-early Campanian, but most authors consider early Campanian as most likely (e.g. Martin and Buffetaut 2008)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lignite
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. Puértolas-Pascual, A. Blanco, C. A. Brochu and J. I. Canudo. 2016. Review of the Late Cretaceous-early Paleogene crocodylomorphs of Europe: Extinction patterns across the K-PG boundary. Cretaceous Research 57:565-590 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 219383: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 08.04.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Crocodilus provencialis n. sp.
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