Also known as Limagne

Where: Auvergne, France (45.8° N, 3.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 0.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• "calcaire stampien (oligocène supérieur)"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Université de Clermont-Ferrand collection

Primary reference: M. Friant. 1944. Caractères anatomiques d'un Batracien oligocène de la Limagne, le Prodiscoglossus Vertaizoni nov. gen. nov. sp. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 219:561-562 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92028: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.10.2009

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