Also known as Brioude
Where: Auvergne, France (45.3° N, 3.4° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 0.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Fossils are from the Collections of the Laboratoire de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Clermont-Ferrand. Authors comment several times on the very well-preserved fossils.
Primary reference: F.-M. Bergounioux. 1936. Cheloniens fossiles conserves au Laboratoire de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Clermont-Ferrand [Fossil turtles preserved at the geology laboratory of the faculty of sciences of Clermont-Ferrand.]. Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 69:50-68 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36690: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 09.02.2004, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Clemmys jungi n. sp.
Clemmys jungi n. sp. turtle | |
Testudinidae indet., Testudo roquesi n. sp.
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle isolated plaques, some approaching the size of turtles from the Galapagos or Mascarenes.
Testudo roquesi n. sp. turtle |