Where: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (43.9° N, 5.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 2.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Calcaires lithographiques de Vachères Formation, MP 24 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• "Lower Oligocene, MP 24"

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: G. Mayr. 2005. A chicken-sized crane precursor from the early Oligocene of France. Naturwissenschaften 92:389-393 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68876: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 10.02.2007, edited by David Nicholson

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