Grand-Trouve 4 (marine) (Miocene of France)

Where: France (47.5° N, 0.0° W: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 1.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported

• gray, continental sands

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: L. Ginsburg and M. Bonneau. 1995. La succession des faunes de mammiferes miocenes de Pontigne (Maine-et-Loire, France). Bulletin de Musee national Histoire naturell 4(2-4):313-328 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 148401: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.07.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Fossils found in the Langhian deposits but are thought to be reworked from the underlying Burdigalian
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Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium medium
Metaxytherium medium Desmarest 1822 dugong
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere
 Carnivora - Felidae
Pseudaelurus turauensis, Pseudaelurus cf. romieviensis, "Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti
Pseudaelurus cf. romieviensis Roman and Viret 1934 cat
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti Gaillard 1899 cat
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Agnotherium grivensis
 Cetacea -
Squalodelphis pusillus n. sp.
Squalodelphis pusillus n. sp. Ginsburg and Janvier 1971 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Schizodelphis sulcatus
Schizodelphis sulcatus Gervais 1853 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Hadrodelphis poseidon
Hadrodelphis poseidon Ginsburg and Janvier 1971 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Orycterocetus crocodylinus
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Hyotherium soemmeringi, Aureliachoerus aurelianensis
Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx lathanensis
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
? Lagomeryx minimus
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Eotragus sansaniensis
Eotragus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium peneckei, Dorcatherium crassum, Dorcatherium guntianum
Dorcatherium peneckei Hoffmann 1892 chevrotain
Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851 chevrotain
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla -
Amphimoschus pontileviensis
Amphimoschus pontileviensis Bourgeois 1873 ruminant
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotherium grande
Chalicotherium grande de Blainville 1849 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros elegans, Prosantorhinus douvillei
Diceros elegans black rhino
subspecies parviceros
Prosantorhinus douvillei Osborn 1902 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Anchitheriomys windemanni, Euroxenomys minutum