Grand Morier, assemblage no. 6 (Miocene to of France)

Where: France (47.3° N, 0.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 1.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 7.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• terrestrial organisms reworked into marine facies

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Gagnaison. 2017. Le site paléontologique du Grand Morier (Pont-Boutard, Indre-et-Loire, France): contexte géologique et détail biostratigraphique des formations cénozoïques à partir des assemblages de vertébrés fossiles. Geodiversitas 39(2):251-271 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 187580: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.08.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Lagopsis sp. Schlosser 1894 pika
 Primates - Pliopithecidae
"Pliopithecus piveteaui" = Pliopithecus antiquus
"Pliopithecus piveteaui" = Pliopithecus antiquus Blainville 1839 monkey
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Plesiaceratherium lumiarense Antunes and Ginsburg 1983 rhinoceros
Lartetotherium sansaniense Lartet 1837 rhinoceros
Prosantorhinus douvillei Osborn 1902 rhinoceros
Prosantorhinus germanicus Wang 1929 rhinoceros
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Anisodon grande de Blainville 1849 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Artiodactyla -
Amphimoschus pontileviensis Bourgeois 1873 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846 chevrotain
Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx sp. Roger 1904 ruminant
Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837 ruminant
 Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Hyainailouros sulzeri Biedermann 1863 creodont
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti, "Pseudaelurus turnauensis" = Styriofelis turnauensis, Pseudaelurus romievensis
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti Gaillard 1899 cat
"Pseudaelurus turnauensis" = Styriofelis turnauensis Hoernes 1882 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Protictitherium gaillardi Forsyth Major 1903 hyaena
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon giganteus Schinz 1825 bear-dog
Pseudarctos bavaricus Schlosser 1899 bear-dog
Pseudocyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Trocharion albanense Forsyth-Major 1903 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Hemicyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon
Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis sp. Peters 1868 turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
Testudo promarginata Reinach 1900 turtle
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Ptychogaster sp. Pomel 1847 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Squamata - Boidae
Boidae indet. Gray 1825 boa
 Squamata - Viperidae
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Tomistoma cf. lusitanica Antunes 1961 false gharial
Gavialis sp. Oppel 1811 gharial
 Crocodylia -
"Diplocynodon styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri
"Diplocynodon styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri Prangner 1845 crocodilian