Also known as Vaucluse
Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France (44.1° N, 5.2° E: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 9.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mont Ventoux Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• "grès verts du Mont Ventoux"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Reynaux in 1840; reposited in the MNHN
• collected by Mr. Reynaux of Avignon
Primary reference: P. Gervais. 1852. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises (Animaux Vertébrés) ou Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vivants et Fossiles de la France [French Zoology and Paleontology (Vertebrate Animals) or New Research on the Living and Fossil Animals of France] 1–3:1-274+ [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48854: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 31.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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Aepisaurus elephantinus n. gen. n. sp.
Aepisaurus elephantinus n. gen. n. sp. Gervais 1852 sauropod |