Also known as La Rochette

Where: Provence, France (43.8° N, 5.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 4.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 4 mammal zone, Molasse calcaire et sablo-marneuse Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• late Burdigalian 16.4 and 17.5 Ma

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: S. Sorbi. 2008. New record of Metaxytherium (Mammalia, Sirenia) from the lower Miocene of Manosque (Provence, France). Geodiversitas 30(2):433-444 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84262: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.10.2008

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