Also known as Mas Gentil

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon Region, France (43.7° N, 3.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 0.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bouxwiller level zone, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• calcareous marls intercalated in compact lacustrine limestones

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, calcareous marl and lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: the collection seemed rather poor compare with surrounding sites, and it waas not further explored

Primary reference: J.-L. Hartenberger, B. Sigé, and J. Sudre. 1969. Les gisements de vertebres de la region montpellieraine; 1. Gisements eocenes. Bulletin du B.R.G.M. (Bureau de recherche Geologique et Miniere) 1(1):7-18 [E. Fara/E. Fara/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31762: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 25.05.2003

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