Where: France (44.2° N, 1.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 0.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithified phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with phosphate
Collected by Rossignol
• Repository: Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel
Primary reference: E. Handschin. 1944. Insekten aus den Phosphoriten des Quercy. Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 64(4):1-23 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 160861: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.08.2014, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Aphodius sp. Hellwig 1798 scarab beetle | |
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Myriapoda | |
Protosilvestria sculpta Handschin 1944 millipede | |
Mammalia | |
Protapirus priscus n. gen. n. sp.
Protapirus priscus n. gen. n. sp. Filhol 1874 tapir |