Saint-Germain-Lembron (Oligocene of France)

Where: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (45.5° N, 3.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 0.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MP 25 mammal zone, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

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 177584: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 05.04.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Theridomys lembronicus n. sp. Bravard 1852 rodent
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Testudinoidea indet. Gray 1825 turtle
MNHN 8410 Aquatic Testudinoidea indeterminate within the "Palaeochelys s.l. - Mauremys" group