Mène de Quatre Pans (near Mimet and Fuveau) (Cretaceous of France)

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

• 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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata -
Crocodilus provencialis n. sp. Giebel 1847 crocodilian
the ‘crocodile de Mimet’ (femur)