Also known as Biros, Castelnau-d'Arbieu

Where: Midi-Pyrenees Region, France (43.9° N, 0.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 0.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 5 zone, MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)

• The fossiliferous horizon is sandwitched between the 'Calcaire d'Auch' and the 'Calcaire inferieur de l'Astarac'

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, sandy sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. Bulot, L. Ginsburg, and P. Tassy. 1992. Le gisement a mammiferes miocenes de Castelnau-d'Arbieu (Gers). Donnees nouvelles et implications biostratigraphiques. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris 314 (II):533-537 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32071: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 04.06.2003, edited by David Nicholson

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