Manosque (Clemmys manuascensis type locality) (Oligocene of France)

Where: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France (43.8° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 3.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MP 25? mammal zone, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lignite

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 178154: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 22.04.2016, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis manuascensis Bergounioux 1936 turtle
"(= sanctihenrici n. sp.?)"
 Testudines -
"Clemmys manuascensis n. sp." = Provencemys lachati
"Clemmys manuascensis n. sp." = Provencemys lachati Sauvage 1873 turtle
MHNM 1982-827