Marcoin: MN 2, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Vipera sp.
Laurenti 1768
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| "Vipera aspis complex", figured specimen: MNHN MRC 4 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Broin 1977 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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? Ptychogaster sp.
Pomel 1847
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Broin 1977 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Auvergne | County: | Puy-de-Dôme |
| Coordinates: | 45.9° North, 3.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.9° North, 1.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | MN 2 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 22.40000 - 20.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported | ||
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: The locality is in the Limagne rift basin. Hence, the deposits may well be of fluvail and/or limnic origin. | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MNHN |
Metadata
| Database number: | 136762 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-04 10:12:26 | Last modified: | 2012-12-03 17:30:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-04 10:12:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43699. | Z. Szyndlar and J.-C. Rage. 1999. Oldest Fossil Vipers (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Old World. Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 8:9-20 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |
Secondary references:
| 60047 | F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |