Montaigu-le-Blin (Miocene of France)

Also known as Montaigu le Blin

Where: Allier, France (46.3° N, 3.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 1.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MN 2 (22.4 - 20.0 Ma)

• Allier Basin, zone MN 2. More info needed from additional references.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: J. D. Daza, A. M. Bauer, and E. D. Snively. 2014. On the fossil record of the Gekkota. The Anatomical Record 297:433-462 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179750: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 29.06.2016, edited by Mark Uhen and Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Janosikia sp.2
Janosikia sp.2 Čerňanský et al. 2016 squamates
left dentary (PIMUZ A/III 4656)
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Euleptes gallica n. sp.
Euleptes gallica n. sp. Müller 2001 gecko
NHMB 1052 (holotype), a maxilla; Paratypes, NHMB 1053 a premaxilla; NHMB 1054 a dentary.
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Haematopodidae
cf. Haematopodidae indet.1
cf. Haematopodidae indet.1 Bonaparte 1838 oystercatchers
1De Pietri et al. 2013; 2Georgalis and Scheyer 2021