Pépieux-Cesseras (Eocene of France)

Where: Herault, France (43.3° N, 2.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 0.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MP13 mammal zone, Grès d'Aigne Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• at the base of the Gres d'Aigne

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Hervet. 2003. Deux nouvelles tortues de l’Éocène inférieur de Saint-Papoul (Aude, France). C. R. Palevol 2:617-624 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/D. Nicholson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 177493: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 30.03.2016, edited by David Nicholson

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Cistudo eocaenica n. sp. de Stefano 1902 box turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Juvemys labarrerei Hervet 2003 turtle
MNHN 1891-8 EBA 192