Also known as Quercy Phosphorites

Where: France (44.2° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 1.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 10-11 mammal zone, MP 10 to MP 10 (55.8 - 40.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: karst; phosphorite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: S. Legendre, B. Marandat, B. Sigé, J.-Y. Crochet, M. Godinot, J.-L. Hartenberger, J. Sudre, M. Vianey-Liaud, B. Muratet and J.-G. Astruc. 1992. La faune de mammifères de Vielase (phosphorites du Quercy, Sud de la France): Preuve paléontologique d'une karstification du Quercy dès l'Eocène inférieur. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1992(7):414-428 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183396: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 15.12.2016

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