Sainte-Croix-de-Brignon (Eocene of France)

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées, France (44.0° N, 4.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 0.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MP 18/19 mammal zone, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 177583: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 05.04.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
Testudinoidea indet. Gray 1825 turtle
UM2-STL SCX 4761 Aquatic Testudinoidea indeterminate within the "Palaeochelys s.l. - Mauremys" group