Where: Auvergne, France (45.1° N, 3.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 3.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Late Early Pleistocene - approximately 1.0 Ma-0.8 Ma.

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Collection methods: The locality has been known since the 19th century and this is the original faunal list. Excavations have taken place since the 1970s with beds A-F being recognised, collectively known as Soleilhac centre. This faunal list has been entered seperately.

Primary reference: E. Bonifay. 1991. Les Premieres industries du Sud-Est de la France et du Massif-Central. In E. Bonifay, B. Vandermeersch (eds.), Les Premiers Europeens. Edition du comite des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques (CTHS) 63-80 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 47830: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 03.03.2005

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