Salles (Miocene of France)

Where: Gironde, France (43.2° N, 0.6° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 1.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal marl

• shell marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Gervais. 1849. Sur la repartition des mammiferes fossiles entre les differents etages tertiaires qui concourent a former le sol de la France. C. R. Acad. Scie 28(21):643-647 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 85340: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.12.2008

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
"Smilocomptus burgueti n. sp." = Squalodon grateloupii
"Smilocomptus burgueti n. sp." = Squalodon grateloupii von Meyer 1843 toothed whale
not likely to be a squalodontid (M. D. Uhen)