Noyal-sur-Brutz: Burdigalian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet. (Illiger 1811)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium medium (Desmarest 1822)
Lecuyer et al. 1996 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 47.8° North, 1.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.8° North, 3.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Helvetian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Noyal sur Bruz
Database number:118061
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-10-05 02:15:00 Last modified:2011-10-04 10:15:00
Access level:the public Released:2011-10-05 02:15:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18736. G. Pilleri. 1987. The Sirenia of the Swiss Molasse 1-114 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

50157 C. Lecuyer, P. Grandjean, F. Paris, M. Robardet, and D. Robineau. 1996. Deciphering "temperature" and "salinity" from biogenic phosphates: the 6180 of coexisting fishes and mammals of the Middle Miocene sea of western France. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 126(1):61-74 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]