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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle MHNB (holotype), anterior part of a carapace
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