Marcoin (Miocene of France)
Where: Auvergne, France (45.9° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 45.9° N, 1.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: MN 2 (22.4 - 20.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported
• The locality is in the Limagne rift basin. Hence, the deposits may well be of fluvail and/or limnic origin.
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136762: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 04.12.2012, edited by Patricia Holroyd
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Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
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? Ptychogaster sp. Pomel 1847 turtle | |
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