Also known as Bois d'Assot

Where: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France (43.9° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 3.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MP 25? mammal zone, Grès et Marnes de Bois d'Asson Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone and marl

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 178153: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 22.04.2016, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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