Dracy Saint Loup (Permian of France)

Also known as Muse, north of Autun

Where: Saone et Laoire, France (47.0° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° N, 17.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Muse Formation, Autunian (298.9 - 283.5 Ma)

• "Autunian", Lower Permian - Schoch & Milner, 2014

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2014. Handbook of Paleoherpetology Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I. [R. Butler/E. Dunne/E. Dunne]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180674: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 27.07.2016

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Eryopidae
"Actinodon frossardi n. gen. n. sp." = Actinodon frossardi, "Actinodon brevis n. sp." = Actinodon frossardi
"Actinodon frossardi n. gen. n. sp." = Actinodon frossardi Gaudry 1866 tetrapod
MNHN 1908.20.6 (Holotype: skull, 12cm long, in ventral view with mandible)
"Actinodon brevis n. sp." = Actinodon frossardi Gaudry 1866 tetrapod
MNHN Aut 469 (juvenile skull, 5cm long)
 Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae
"Branchiosaurus dracyi n. sp." = Apateon dracyi
"Branchiosaurus dracyi n. sp." = Apateon dracyi Boy 1972 tetrapod
MA 425 (well-preserved skull (length 0.8cm) and postcranial skeleton in dorsal aspect (Werneburg, 2001, Fig 3)