Perpignan (Pliocene of France)

Where: Pyrénées-Orientales, France (42.7° N, 2.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 2.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

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 181093: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 20.08.2016, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus thibetanus1 Cuvier 1823 Asian black bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis michauxi n. sp.2 Martin 1971 canine
CSU 35, 36 (holotype), mandible with P1 - P3 and mandible with C P1 and P2
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone perpiniana turtle
" Geochelone (s. l.)"
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys gaudryi Depéret 1885 pond turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae