Also known as Quercy

Where: Quercy, France (44.2° N, 1.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 1.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: MP 28 to MP 28 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• There are three levels in MP 28: Pech Desse is lower, Pech du Fraysse is middle, and Portal is upper. "The reference levels mark with mammals used for the biochronology in this work (MP) are those defined by the Mainz Conference (February 1987)."

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: karst; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Comte and M. Vianey-Liaud. 1989. Eomyidae (Rodentia) de l'Oligocene d'Europe Occidentale. [Eomyidae (Rodentia) from the Oligocene of Western Europe.]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 209(1-4):33-91 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36716: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 10.02.2004, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)