Where: Vaud, Switzerland (46.5° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 3.9° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: MP 29 mammal zone, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• Historically considered to be Miocene (Aquitanian), the sediments at Rochette are determined to be MP 29 by Engesser & Modden 1997 and Berger 1998.
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone and coal
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 178501: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 05.05.2016, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Emys laharpi n. sp." = Promalacoclemmys laharpi, "Emys charpentieri n. sp." = Promalacoclemmys laharpi, "Emys sulcata n. sp." = Promalacoclemmys laharpi, "Emys renevieri n. sp." = Promalacoclemmys laharpi, "Emys tuberculata n. sp." = Palaeomauremys tuberculata
"Emys laharpi n. sp." = Promalacoclemmys laharpi Pictet and Humbert 1861 turtle
"Emys charpentieri n. sp." = Promalacoclemmys laharpi Pictet and Humbert 1861 turtle
"Emys sulcata n. sp." = Promalacoclemmys laharpi Pictet and Humbert 1861 turtle
"Emys renevieri n. sp." = Promalacoclemmys laharpi Pictet and Humbert 1861 turtle
"Emys tuberculata n. sp." = Palaeomauremys tuberculata Portis 1882 turtle | |
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Ptychogaster sp. Pomel 1847 turtle A number of specimens variously identified as Emys laharpi, Emys gaudini, Cistudo razoumowsky, Cistudo morloti, Emys nicoleti and Cistudo heeri. Specimen numbers mentioned by Hervet 2004 are MGL 8891, 8887, 79042.
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