Trotte-Cos (Eocene of France)

Where: Aude, France (43.3° N, 2.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 0.8° W)

When: MP 12–13 mammal zone, d'Aigne Sandstone Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

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 178126: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 20.04.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
Euroemys vidalenci n. sp. Hervet 2004 turtle
MNHN EBA 510