Also known as Quercy, MP 22
Where: Midi-Pyrenées, France (44.4° N, 1.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 1.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: MP 22 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sinkhole; poorly lithified, red mudstone
•The infill of all four galleries consists of the characteristic red loam known from other Quercy phosphorite localities. It is poor in iron pisolites but relatively rich in fragments of phosphatic rock and limestone (Peigné et al. 2014).
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collected in 2000, 2008, 2009, 2012
Collection methods: surface (in situ), sieve
• "Fossils were collected directly from the sediment and after screen washing" (Rage & Augé, 2015).
•"The material is curated in the Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution (ISEM), Université de Montpellier 2, France" (Rage & Augé, 2015).
•First reconnaissance at Valbro took place in 2000, main excavations were conducted in the years 2008, 2009 and 2012 (Peigné et al. 2014).
Primary reference: S. Peigné, M. Vianey-Liaud, T. Pélissié and B. Sigé. 2014. Valbro : un nouveau site à vertébrés de l’Oligocène inférieur (MP22) de France (Quercy). I – Contexte géologique ; Mammalia : Rodentia, Hyaenodontida, Carnivora [Valbro: A new site of vertebrates from the early Oligocene (MP22) of France (Quercy). I – Geological context; Mammalia: Rodentia, Hyaenodontida, Carnivora]. Annales de Paléontologie 100(1):1-45 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 183658: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.01.2017
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