Saint-Michel-sur-Loire (Miocene of France)

Where: France (47.3° N, 0.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 1.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Ginsburg and P. Janvier. 1971. Les mamiferes marins des faluns miocenes de la Touraine et de l'Anjou. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sciences de la Terre 6(22):161-195 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 148403: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Pristiphoca cf. occitana Gervais and de Serres 1847 seal
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Orycterocetus crocodilinus Cope 1867 sperm whale