Saint-Vivien-de-Monsegur (Oligocene of France)

Where: Gironde, France (44.6° N, 0.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 3.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Stampien. Calcaires a Asteries.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181120: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 21.08.2016, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
MHNB (holotype), anterior part of a carapace