Balouk Keui (Eocene to of Greece)

Also known as Pylaia

Where: Greece (40.6° N, 23.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 19.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian to Lutetian (47.8 - 33.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; nodular, green, red, calcareous claystone

• green-red clays with calcareous nodules

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Auguste Viquesnel in 1847-1848; reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: G. Métais and S. Sen. 2017. First occurrence of Palaeotheriidae (Perissodactyla) from the late–middle Eocene of eastern Thrace (Greece). Comptes Rendus Palevol 16:382-396 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188313: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 29.08.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Palaeotherium cf. magnum Cuvier 1804 odd-toed ungulate
MNHN.F.AC2374