La Grive M

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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. [2]

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References

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