Where: France (43.7° N, 1.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 3.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: NP24, NP25 foram zone, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• On the basis of the calcareous nannoplankton these deposits are referred to the zones NP24 and NP25 that correspond with the Chattian (Cahuzac et al. 1995)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; lithified, sandy marl and poorly lithified, carbonaceous sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

• Repository: University of Bourdeaux-1

Primary reference: M. A. Bitner, P. Lozouet, and B. Cahuzac. 2013. Upper Oligocene (Chattian) brachiopod fauna from the Aquitaine Basin, southwestern France and its paleoenviornmental implications. Geodiversitas 35(3):579-606 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152692: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 30.11.2013, edited by Mark Uhen

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