Millas (Pliocene of France)

Where: Languedoc-Roussillon Region, France (42.7° N, 2.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 2.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; blue claystone

• blue clays

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Hugueney and P. Mein. 1966. Les rongeurs pliocenes du Roussillon dans les collections lyonnaises. Travaux du Laboratoire de Geologie de la Faculte de Sciences de Lyon 13(N.S.):243-266 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36104: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 13.01.2004

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
"Castor praefiber" = Castor fiber
"Castor praefiber" = Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
a skull