La Grive M Explained

La Grive M is a fissure fill site in France known for the fossils of snakes and other organisms found there.^[1] The location is described as "near Saint-Alban-de-Roche, about 20 km SE of Lyon."^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} The deposits range in age from the late Early to the late Middle Miocene.

Notes and References

1. Pérez de los Ríos . Miriam . Alba . David M. . Moyà-Solà . Salvador . August 2013 . Taxonomic attribution of the La Grive hominoid teeth . American Journal of Physical Anthropology . 151 . 4 . 558–565 . 10.1002/ajpa.22297 . 1096-8644 . 23754569.
2. Web site: La Grive M, Bourgoin-Jallieu, La Tour-du-Pin, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France . Mindat.org.
3. Shufeldt . R. W. . Fossil Bones of Birds and Mammals from Grotto Pietro Tamponi and Grive-St. Alban . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . 48 . 507–516.
4. López-Antoñanzas . Raquel . Mein . Pierre . 2011-08-24 . First detailed description of Hispanomys decedens (Rodentia) from the Middle Miocene of La Grive-Saint Alban (France) . Swiss Journal of Geosciences . 104 . 2 . 10.1007/s00015-011-0066-0 . 1661-8726.
5. Estes R., Hoffstetter R. (1976) Les urodèles du Miocène de La Grive-Saint-Alban (Isère, France) [The urodeles from the Miocene of La Grive-Saint-Alban (Isère, France)], Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sciences de la Terre 57, 297-343
6. Web site: Collection: La-Grive-Saint-Alban Bourgoin-Jallieu, La Tour-du-Pin, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France . Mindat.org.
7. Ivanov M. (2002) Fossil snake assemblages from the French Middle Miocene localities at La Grive (France), The 7th European Workshop of Vertebrate Paleontology. Sibiu, Romania, 2–7 July 2002, Abstracts Volume and Excursions Field Guide, 21-22