Saint-Henri (Oligocene of France)

Also known as Saint Henri; St Henri; ‘Marseille’

Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (43.4° N, 5.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 2.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 26 mammal zone, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red claystone

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 178156: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 22.04.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Clemmys laurenti n. sp." = Provencemys laurenti
"Clemmys laurenti n. sp." = Provencemys laurenti Bergounioux 1934 turtle
Lectotype MHNM 1982-826, Paralectotype UP-AM1.
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
"Broilia massiliensis n. sp." = Mauremys massiliensis, "Mauremys massiliensis" = Mauremys massiliensis
"Broilia massiliensis n. sp." = Mauremys massiliensis Bergounioux 1936 pond turtle
Type UCB-L1 92838
"Mauremys massiliensis" = Mauremys massiliensis Bergounioux 1936 pond turtle
UCB-L1 90305, 90306, 90308.
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Pseudocricetodon philippi1 Hugueney 1971 mouse
 Artiodactyla -
Mosaicomeryx quercyi2 Jehenne 1987 ruminant
USTL 9326
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Protaceratherium albigense3 Roman 1912 rhinoceros
FSL 8543, 8550, 8563; UPM 20028
Ronzotherium romani3 rhinoceros
FSL 8547
Diaceratherium massiliae n. sp.3 Ménouret and Guérin 2009 rhinoceros
FSL 520287 - type