Villebois (Ain) (Jurassic of France)

Where: Rhône-Alpes, France (45.8° N, 5.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 15.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Jourdan

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: L. Lortet. 1892. Les reptiles fossiles du bassin du Rhône [The fossil reptiles of the Rhône basin]. Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Lyon 5:3-139 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 200133: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.03.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Gavialinum rhodani n. gen. n. sp.
Gavialinum rhodani n. gen. n. sp. Jourdan 1892 crocodilian
rostrum