Where: Oise, France (49.3° N, 2.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 40.4° N, 9.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• MP7 early Ypresian

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•reworked Thanetian deposits

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; lenticular, gray sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Collection methods: bulk,

• Screen-washing noted by Gheerbrant et al. 2005

Primary reference: A. Nel, G. de Plöeg, J. Dejax, D. Duthiel, D. Franceschi, E. Gheerbrant, M. Godinot, S. Hervet, J.-J. Menier, M. Augé, G. Bignot, C. Cavagnetto, S. Duffaud, J. Gaudant, S. Hua, A. Jossang, F. Lapparent Broin, J.-P. Pozzi, J.-C. Paicheler, F. Beuchet, and J.-C. Rage. 1999. Un gisement sparnacien exceptionnel à plantes, arthropodes et vertébrés (Éocène basal, MP7): Le Quesnoy (Oise, France). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science 329(1):65-72 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 68175: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.01.2007, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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