Mon Village, Mon Fossile
''Mon village, mon fossile'' (English: ''My village, my fossil'') is a set of seven statues of prehistoric animals from the Quercy Phosphorites Formation, Quercy fossil deposits that are located in seven villages in the communes of France, different communes of France. The Causses de Quercy UNESCO Global Geopark commissioned the sculptor Patrick Médéric to work on the seven different sculptures, which represent six species total; the genus, genera represented by the sculpture set are ''Bachitherium'', ''Schizotherium'', ''Peratherium'', ''Pseudamphimeryx'', ''Palaeotodus'', and ''Vaylatsia''. Made of rebar and steel metals, the statues were associated with different villages based on the localities that the individual species were named after with the intention of serving as local mascots and enhancing palaeontological heritage and pride by making local residents aware of the historical associations of their locations with palaeontology. Médéric began the project in 2021 and w ...
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Quercy Phosphorites Formation
The Quercy Phosphorites Formation (French language, French: ''Phosphorites du Quercy''; ) is a Formation (geology), geologic formation and lagerstätte in Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie, southern France. It preserves fossils dated to the Paleogene Period (geology), period (Bartonian, latest Bartonian to Late Oligocene),Quercy Phosphorites Formation
at Fossilworks.orgPhosphorites du Quercy Formation
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