Where: Midi-Pyrenees, France (43.5° N, 0.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 0.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Langhian to Langhian (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; unlithified, gray, blue claystone and marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: E. Lartet. 1836. [Lettre de E. Lartet a M. Michelin au sujet de la localité de Sansan (Gers), en lecture a la seance du 16 Mai 1836]. Bulletin de la Societe geologique de France 1(7):217-220 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32191: authorized by Emmanuel Fara, entered by Emmanuel Fara on 09.06.2003, edited by Susanna Kümmell, Chris Bell, Matthew Carrano, Patricia Holroyd, Evangelos Vlachos, Mark Uhen, Bethany Allen, Terri Cleary and Torsten Liebrecht
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia | |
Albanerpeton inexpectatum14 Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod Sa 23401 - Sa 23403, Sa 23404a, Sa 23405, Sa 23407 - Sa 23409
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Anguimorpha indet.1 squamates ; published as Anguimorpha incertae sedis; 1 anterior left dentary fragment
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Ophisaurus sp.1 Daudin 1803 glass lizard 24 jaw elements (maxillae or dentary fragments) entered as Ophisaurus sp. 1; 5 jas elements (maxillae or dentary fragments) entered as Ophisaurus sp. 2
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Vipera aegertica n. sp.1 pit viper Holotype (Sa 23714) one trunk vertebra; also 20 referred vertebrae
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Paleoheterodon arcuatus1, Colubrinae indet.1, Texasophis meini1, Coluber pouchetii1, Coluber (aff. Coluber) pouchetii1, Elaphe sp.1, Palaeonatrix lehmani1, Palaeonatrix (aff. Palaeonatrix) lehmani1, Natricinae indet.1, Neonatrix natricoides n. sp.1, Neonatrix europaea1, Natrix sansaniensis1, Natrix longivertebrata1, Natrix (aff. Natrix) longivertebrata1
Colubrinae indet.1 Oppel 1811 colubrid snake includes "Colubrinae incertae sedis nomen dubium" applied to Scaptophis Rochebrune, 1880; also includes 103 indeterminate vertebrae
Neonatrix natricoides n. sp.1 colubrid snake Holotype MNHN Sa 23683, one mid-trunk vertebra; 79 referred vertebrae
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Gekkonidae indet.1 Gray 1825 gecko 17 maxilla or dentary fragments; 34 trunk vertebrae; 4 caudal vertebrae
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Edlartetia sansaniensis n. gen.1 Augé and Rage 2000 squamates neotype designated as MNHN Sa 23595, an incomplete right dentary
Lacerta sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 squamates 265 dentaries entered as Lacerta sp. 1; 54 dentaries entered as Lacerta sp. 2
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? Scincidae sp.1 Gray 1825 skink 18 dentaries entered as ? Scincidae sp. 1; one dentary entered as ? Scincidae sp. 2
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"Anas sansaniensis" = Chenoanas sansaniensis16
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Clemmydopsis turnauensis6, "Ptychogaster sansaniensis" = Ocadia sansaniensis6, "Ocadia sansaniensis n. sp." = Ocadia sansaniensis10, Ptychogaster cf. batalleri6
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Leptochelys braneti n. gen. n. sp.3, "Trionyx sansaniensis n. sp." = Chelydropsis murchisoni2, Broilia robusta n. gen. n. sp.3
Leptochelys braneti n. gen. n. sp.3 Bergounioux and Crouzel 1965 turtle MNHN SA2023 (holotype), a partial hyo/hypoplastron
Broilia robusta n. gen. n. sp.3 Bergounioux and Crouzel 1965 turtle MNHN SA uncat. (lectotype), a string of “caudal” vertebrae
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"Deinotherium levius" = Deinotherium giganteum7
"Deinotherium levius" = Deinotherium giganteum7 Kaup 1829 deinothere entered as "Dinotherium levius"
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"Trilophodon angustidens" = Tetrabelodon angustidens7
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"Chiroptera" "I nov. gen. nov. sp. (Ginsburg 1964)"7, "Chiroptera" "II ("Vespertilio" noctuloides Lartet)(Ginsburg 1964)(Ginsburg 1964)"7, "Chiroptera" "III ("Vespertilio" murinoides Lartet) (Ginsburg 1964)"7
"Chiroptera" "II ("Vespertilio" noctuloides Lartet)(Ginsburg 1964)(Ginsburg 1964)"7 Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
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Eumyarion medius8, "Cricetodon minus" = Democricetodon minor7, "Cricetodon cf. breve" = Democricetodon brevis7, Cricetodon helveticus7, Cricetodon gaillardi7, Cricetodon cf. affine7, Cricetodon sansaniensis7, Megacricetodon minor5
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Melidellavus leptorhynchus7, Mionictis dubia7, Mustelinae indet.7, "Lutra dubia" = Lartetictis dubia9, Ischyrictis zibethoides7, Martes muncki7, Martes sansaniensis7, Taxodon sansaniensis7
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Dicerorhinus sansaniensis7, Brachypotherium brachypus7, "Aceratherium tetradactylum" = Hoploaceratherium tetradactylum7
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Gastropoda | |
Ancilla sp. Lamarck 1799 olive snail | |
Lymnaea aff. stagnalis snail | |
Planorbis sp. Muller 1774 snail | |
Bulimus lubricus Müller 1774 snail | |
Cyclostoma elegans | |
Cyclostoma elegans Muller 1774 |