La Grave: Priabonian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788
"Geochelonine indetermine (? Cheirogaster sp.)"
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Geoemydidae indet. Theobald 1868
"emydide indetermine (?Palaeochelys sp.)"
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx laurillardii n. sp. Gray 1831
Gray 1831
MNHN (holotype), a nuchal
    = Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
Broin 1977
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Gironde
Coordinates: 45.0° North, 0.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.5° North, 3.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Ludian, age of Montmartre
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: "Molasses"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:181650
Authorizer:P. Holroyd, E. Vlachos Enterer:P. Holroyd, E. Vlachos
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-09-25 02:02:17 Last modified:2016-09-25 02:02:17
Access level:the public Released:2016-09-25 02:02:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

60047. 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]

Secondary references:

63677 J. E. Gray. 1831. Synopsis Reptilium. Part I. Cataphracta. Tortoises, Crocodiles, Enaliosauria. 1-85 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]