Saint-Jean-de-Védas (Miocene of France)
Where: France (43.6° N, 3.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 2.6° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• Age after Pictet 1853.
Environment/lithology: limestone
• calcaire
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. Gervais. 1846. Observations sur diverses espèces de mammifères fossiles du Midi de la France 253 (§ V. Sur une dent de Squalodon Grateloupii recueillie à Saint-Jean-de-Védas, près Montpellier). Annales Des Sciences Naturelles (Zoologie) 5:248-265 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 93327: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Metaxytherium sp. de Christol 1840 dugong | |
Squalodon grateloupii, "Squalodon gervaisii n. sp." = Trirhizodon gervaisii
Squalodon grateloupii toothed whale
"Squalodon gervaisii n. sp." = Trirhizodon gervaisii Van Beneden 1865 toothed whale isolated tooth: identity unclear
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