La Vernière, Réalmont (Eocene of France)

Also known as La Verniere, Realmont

Where: France (43.8° N, 2.2° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 1.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP16 mammal zone, Sables du Castrais Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; intraclastic, argillaceous siltstone

• sub-centimetric clasts of quartz and plagioclases in a matrix of argillaceous silt

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Toulouse Museum in 1997

Primary reference: J. E. Martin, Y. Pochat-Cottilloux, Y. Laurent, V. Perrier, E. Robert and P.O. Antoine. 2023. Anatomy and phylogeny of an exceptionally large sebecid (Crocodylomorpha) from the middle Eocene of southern France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2193828 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229999: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.04.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Loricata -
Dentaneosuchus crassiproratus
Dentaneosuchus crassiproratus Astre 1931 crocodilian
MHNT.PAL.2012.14
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiodon lautricense
Lophiodon lautricense Noulet 1851 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Palaeotherium sp.
Palaeotherium sp. Cuvier 1804 odd-toed ungulate
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Panopeidae
"Plagiolophus sp." = Glyphithyreus
"Plagiolophus sp." = Glyphithyreus Macleay 1838 crab