Crechy (Oligocene of France)

Where: Allier, France (46.3° N, 3.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 0.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• "Stampien superieur ou Aquitanien"

•latest Oligocene (reference-levels MP 29 and MP 30)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181646: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 25.09.2016, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis sp. Peters 1868 turtle
"= meilheuratiae (Pomel, 1846)? =decheni (H. von Meyer, 1852)?"
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
"Un Geochelonine indetermine"
Ergilemys sp. Ckhikvadze 1972 turtle
"forme a charniere"
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Ptychogaster emydoides Pomel 1847 turtle
Aves
 Charadriiformes -
"Larus totanoides" = Laricola totanoides, "Larus elegans" = Laricola elegans
"Larus totanoides" = Laricola totanoides Milne-Edwards 1867 shorebird
"Larus elegans" = Laricola elegans Milne-Edwards 1867 shorebird
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
"cf. Phalaropodinae indet." = Scolopacidae
"cf. Phalaropodinae indet." = Scolopacidae Rafinesque 1815 snipe
 Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Paraortygometra porzanoides Milne-Edwards 1871 rail
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Mionetta natator Milne-Edwards 1867 stiff-tailed duck
Mionetta blanchardi Milne-Edwards 1863 stiff-tailed duck
 Anseriformes - Anseranatidae
Anserpica kiliani n. gen. n. sp.
Anserpica kiliani n. gen. n. sp. Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2004 waterfowl
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Borvocarbo guilloti n. gen. n. sp.
Borvocarbo guilloti n. gen. n. sp. Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2004 cormorant
 Phoenicopteriformes - Palaelodidae
Palaelodus gracilipes Milne-Edwards 1863 swimming flamingo
Palaelodus ambiguus Milne-Edwards 1871 swimming flamingo
Palaelodus crassipes Milne-Edwards 1871 swimming flamingo
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Palaeortyx brevipes Milne-Edwards 1871 pheasant