Where: Hérault, France (43.7° N, 3.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 0.6° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: MP 25 mammal zone, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 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 178148: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 21.04.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cucullemys crocheti n. gen. n. sp.
Cucullemys crocheti n. gen. n. sp. Hervet 2004 turtle UM2-STL MOL1. Also figured by Brion in Crochet & Welcomme 1988, Pl. 5 Figs. K, L.
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