Where: France (50.3° N, 3.0° E: paleocoordinates 50.3° N, 3.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Saalien interglacial stage

Environment/lithology: "channel"; unlithified, tuffaceous, yellow sandstone and unlithified, paleosol/pedogenic siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: trace, original phosphate

Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: A. Tuffreau, J. Chaline, A. Munaut, J.F. Piningre, F. Poplin, J.J. Puissegur, J. Somme and B. Vandermeersch. 1978. Premiers résultats de l'étude du gisement paléolithique de Biache-Saint-Vaast (Pas-de-Calais). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Paris, Série D - Sciences Naturelles 286(6):457-459 [L. Villier/L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 59150: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 16.03.2006

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