Also known as Villeneuve-de-la-Raho
Where: Languedoc-Roussillon Region, France (42.6° N, 2.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 2.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Zanclean to Zanclean (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Age cited as Ruscinian.
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified, red, yellow mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Aymar. 1992. Note sur la découverte d'une tortue nouvelle "Chelydropsis sp." dans le Pliocene roussillonnais (Ruscinien). [Note on the discovery of a new turtle, "Chelydropsis sp., in the Pliocene from Roussillon, Ruscinian.]. Naturalia Ruscinonensia, Perpignan : Societe d'Historie Naturelle de Perpignan et des Pyreneennes-Orientales 2:27-32 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36985: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 21.02.2004, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende and Jelle Zijlstra
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853 pika | |
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Cervus ruscinensis n. sp.1 Depéret 1890 deer skull with antlers and teeth, Pp 157. From the Belrich mas (=ranch?); not clear that this is the exact same locality.
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Trionyx pliopedemontanus softshell turtle | |
""Cheirogaster" "perpiniana"" = Titanochelon perpiniana, Testudo pyrenaica
""Cheirogaster" "perpiniana"" = Titanochelon perpiniana Depéret 1885 turtle
Testudo pyrenaica turtle | |
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Mauremys gaudryi Depéret 1885 pond turtle | |