Fuveau Basin (Cretaceous of France)

Also known as Fureau

Where: France (43.5° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 6.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; lithology not reported

• freshwater

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Gerin- Ricard and Matheron

Primary reference: A. Pérez-García, F. Ortega, and X. Murelaga. 2012. A new genus of Bothremydidae (Chelonii, Pleurodira) in the Cretaceous of southwestern Europe. Geobios 45:219-229 [R. Benson/R. Benson/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 83309: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.08.2008, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
Polysternon provinciale, Elochelys perfecta n. gen. n. sp.
Polysternon provinciale Matheron 1869 sideneck turtle
Elochelys perfecta n. gen. n. sp. Nopsca 1931 sideneck turtle
Holotype MHNM 1982-852, a nearly complete shell; Paratype, MHNM 1982-851, an anterior portion of a shell