Where: Aquitaine Region, France (44.4° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 3.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Escamps Level zone, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• The site is said to be stratified and not karstic
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Sudre. 1978. Les artiodactyles de l'Eocene moyen et superieur d'Europe occidentale; systematique et evolution. Memoires et Travaux de l'Institut de Montpellier de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes 7:1-229 [E. Fara/E. Fara/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31586: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 19.05.2003, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Cheirogaster maurini n. gen. n. sp.
Cheirogaster maurini n. gen. n. sp. Bergounioux 1935 turtle | |
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Xiphodon gracile Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate | |
Diplobune secundaria Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate | |
Amphimeryx murinus Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate | |
Dichobune leporina Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate | |
Acotherulum (Acotherulum) saturninum Gervais 1850 even-toed ungulate |