Chadrat, Auvergne (Oligocene of France)
Where: France (45.7° N, 3.1° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 0.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified marl
• Limagne rift basin.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: C. Brongniart. 1876. Un insecte fossile de la famille des Diptères trouvé a Chadrat (Auvergne) (Protomyia oustaleti). Annales des Sciences Géologiques, Paris 7(4):1-2 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 139949: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.02.2013
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Taxonomic list
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"Protomyia oustaleti n. sp." = Plecia oustaleti, Dilophus sp.
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