Mémerlin (Arambourgia gaudryi type) (Eocene to of France)

Also known as Memerlein; Memerlein-le-Quercy; Memerlin; Quercy Phosphorites

Where: France (44.2° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 2.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 13 to MP 13 (48.6 - 33.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: karst; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: D. Conedera, Y. Pochat-Cottilloux, N. Rinder, J. Adrien, and J. E. Martin. 2023. An anatomical reappraisal of the dwarf crocodylian Arambourgia gaudryi from the Eocene of Quercy (France) using CT data and its implications for the phylogeny and paleoecology of basally branching alligatoroids. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 43(4):e2313612:1-31 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234666: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 29.04.2024

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligator gaudryi n. sp. de Stefano 1905 alligator
MNHN QU17155 - type