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
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Mammalia | |
"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)
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