“…The establishment of the boundary Early/ Middle Villafranchian (which could be consid- ,i-- Azzaroli, 1983;Azzaroli et al, 1988;Bonifay, 1990;Bruijn et al, 1992;Debard et al, 1994;Tchemov, Guerin. 1986;Duvemois, Guerin, 1989;Eisenmann et al, 1983;Eisenmann, 1995;Guerin, 1990;Guerin, Faure, 1982;Steininger et al, 1990;Torre et at., 1992;Torre et al, 1993;Zubakov, Borzenkova, 1990;Koufos et al 1995;Kostopoulos, 1996;0. Boeuf-1997 and personal communication r~~mark. The stratigraphic position of the Roccaneyra and Varshets localities is not precised but is within the mentioned limits.…”