Early Eocene birds from La Borie, southern France

• Published in: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Main Authors: Estelle Bourdon, Cecile Mourer-Chauviré, Yves Laurent
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2016
• Subjects: Aves; Geranoididae; Gastornis; Galligeranoides; palaeobiogeography; Ypresian; Eocene; France; Fossil man. Human paleontology; GN282-286.7; Paleontology; QE701-760; Giganteus; Vio; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00083.2014; https://doaj.org/article/446d467a3dea4606b3192b51a7f44a4f

The early Eocene locality of La Borie is located in the village of Saint-Papoul, in southern France. These Eocene flu-vio-lacustrine clay deposits have yielded numerous vertebrate remains. Mammalian taxa found in the fossiliferous levels indicate an age near the reference level MP 8–9, which corresp...