ammonites
Perrière (Eocene of France)

Also known as Perrière B

Where: Quercy, France (44.4° N, 1.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 2.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Perrière zone, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• European Mammal Zone ('Niveau Repère') based on rodents

Environment/lithology: karst; phosphorite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. Louis and J. Sudre. 1975. Nouvelles donnees sur les primates de l'Eocene superieur europeen. Colloque international CNRS, Problemes actuels de paleontologie - evolution des vertebres (218)805-828 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 12850: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 20.12.2001, edited by John Alroy