Where: Herault, France (43.5° N, 3.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 3.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Biharian. The site has complex stratigraphy, with alternating beds of clay, breccia and stalagmitic floors, related to palaeoclimatic fluctuations.

Environment/lithology:

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: The paper says the microfauna is very interesting and that the studies of the sedimentology, palynology and large mammals should also be interesting in the light of this.

Primary reference: M. F. Bonifay. 1973. Principaux gisements paleontologiques Francais du Pleistocene Moyen: Essai de classification. Le Quaternaire 41-50 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 49054: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 07.04.2005, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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