Taulignan (Miocene of France)

Also known as Midi

Where: Drome, France (44.4° N, 5.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 3.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Helvetian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: E. Delfortrie. 1874. Un Squalodon d'espece nouvelle dans le Miocene Superieur du Midi de la France. Actes de la Societe Linneene de Bordeaux 9:257-263 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 85260: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.12.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon vocontiorum n. sp. Delfortrie 1874 toothed whale