Manosque (Clemmys manuascensis type locality): Chattian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis manuascensis (Bergounioux 1936)
Broin 1977
"(= sanctihenrici n. sp.?)"
Reptilia - Testudines
Clemmys manuascensis n. sp. Bergounioux 1934
synonym of Provencemys lachati
MHNM 1982-827
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Alpes-de-Haute-Provence County:Manosque
Coordinates: 43.8° North, 5.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.6° North, 3.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Chattian Mammal zone: MP 25?
Age range of interval:27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lignite
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:178154
Authorizer:D. Nicholson, P. Holroyd Enterer:D. Nicholson, P. Holroyd
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-04-22 10:33:21 Last modified:2016-04-22 10:33:21
Access level:the public Released:2016-04-22 10:33:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

58591. S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]

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]