La Grave (Eocene of France)

Where: Gironde, France (45.0° N, 0.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 3.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Ludian, age of Montmartre

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• "Molasses"

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 181650: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 25.09.2016, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
MNHN (holotype), a nuchal
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Geoemydidae indet.
Geoemydidae indet. Theobald 1868 turtle
"emydide indetermine (?Palaeochelys sp.)"
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
"Geochelonine indetermine (? Cheirogaster sp.)"