Montpellier (terrestrial): Pliocene, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra affinis Gervais 1859
Willemsen 1992
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799
probably M. sylvanus prisca
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx pliopedemontanus
Broin 1977
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Broin 1977
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys sp. Gray 1870
Broin 1977
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 3.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.7° North, 3.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:25 meters
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:68798
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, M. Uhen Enterer:E. Leckey, P. Holroyd, M. Uhen
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-02-07 10:57:34 Last modified:2007-10-26 22:21:08
Access level:the public Released:2007-02-07 10:57:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19797.5% 54100P. Gervais. 1850. Fossil ape. Annual of Scientific Discovery 1:284-285 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey]

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]
31346 G. F. Willemsen. 1992. A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe. Scripta Geologica 101:1-115 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]