Another French Paleogene vulture: Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Leptosomiformes
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Plesiocathartes europaeus n. gen., n. sp.
Gaillard 1908
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Emslie 1988 | 1 specimen | |||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France |
Coordinates: | 44.4° North, 1.4° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 43.4° North, 2.0° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Database number: | 13325 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Hunter | Enterer: | J. Hunter |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-02-20 14:51:20 | Last modified: | 2006-08-14 01:24:30 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-02-20 14:51:20 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
6044. | C. Gaillard. 1908. Les oiseaux des phosphorites du Quercy [The birds from the Quercy phosphorites]. Annales de l'Université de Lyon, nouvelle séries. 1. Sciences, Médecine 23:1-178 [J. Hunter/J. Hunter/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
4416 | 5% 13020 | S. D. Emslie. 1988. An early condor-like vulture from North America. The Auk 105(3):529-535 [J. Hunter/J. Hunter/J. Hunter] |