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Fossile crocodile (Crocodileimus robustus)
Entre 155,6 et 150,8 millions d'années (Kimmeridgien)
Musée des Confluences
Lyon, France
Towards the end of the Jurassic era, about 150 million years ago, the position of the continents was different. Europe was mostly covered by water and its climate was hot and dry. There was a tropical lagoon bordered by small coral islets sixty kilometres to the northeast of the musée des Confluences.
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- Title: Fossile crocodile (Crocodileimus robustus)
- Date Created: Entre 155,6 et 150,8 millions d'années (Kimmeridgien)
- Location: France (Ain - Marchamp - site of Cerin)
- Physical Dimensions: H: 26 cm; L: 47 cm; D: 4 cm
- Provenance: Donated by Victor Thiollière c. 1850
- Subject Keywords: earth sciences, vertebrate paleontology, lagoon, climate, permanent exhibition, geology
- Type: fossil
- Rights: Musée des Confluences (Lyon, France) © Patrick Ageneau
- External Link: Learn more on the Museum website
- Medium: fossilized bone, limestone
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