Where: France (43.6° N, 3.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 2.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Shale of Chateau Saint-Martin Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; fine-grained, yellow, argillaceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Benoit, S. Adnet, J.-L. Welcomme and P.-H. Fabre. 2011. New skull of Schizodelphis sulcatus Gervais, 1861 (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Eurhinodelphinidae) from the Lower Miocene of Pignan (Hérault, France) and its implications for systematics of Eurhinodelphinidae. Geobios 44(2011):323-334 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 114719: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.08.2011

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