Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (43.4° N, 5.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 6.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• Fuvelian deposits; age could be Santonian-early Campanian, but most authors consider early Campanian as most likely (e.g. Martin and Buffetaut 2008)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lignite
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Matheron; reposited in the MNHN
Primary reference: P. Matheron. 1869. Notice sur les reptiles fossiles des dépôts fluvio-lacustres crétacés du bassin à lignite de Fuveau [Notice on the fossil reptiles from the Cretaceous fluvio-lacustrine deposits of the lignitic Fuveau Basin]. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres, et Arts de Marseille 1868–1869:345-379 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 114967: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.08.2011, edited by Roger Benson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Pleurosternon provinciale n. sp." = Polysternon provinciale
"Pleurosternon provinciale n. sp." = Polysternon provinciale Matheron 1869 sideneck turtle MHNM 1982-853, Coll. Matheron, anterior portion of carapace, designated as lectotype in Broin (1977: 37, fig. 1; pl. 1, fig. 3). MHNM: 2 shell fragments incl. an anterior portion of carapace; (MHNM 1982-853, Matheron coll.; Matheron, 1869; Broin, 1977: fig. 1, pl. 1, fig. 3a, b; the other specimen was lost by the time Broin reviewed the material in 1977)
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"Crocodilus affuvelensis n. sp." = Massaliasuchus affuvelensis
"Crocodilus affuvelensis n. sp." = Massaliasuchus affuvelensis Matheron 1869 crocodilian MHNM 482.1 (orbital region & portion of mandible), MHNM 482.2 (portion of rostrum)
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