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
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unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
Tomistoma cf. lusitanica Antunes 1961 false gharial
Gavialis sp. Oppel 1811 gharial | |
"Diplocynodon styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri
"Diplocynodon styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri Prangner 1845 crocodilian | |
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates | |
Boidae indet. Gray 1825 boa | |
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper | |
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
Testudo promarginata Reinach 1900 turtle | |
Ptychogaster sp. Pomel 1847 turtle | |
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
Chelydropsis sp. Peters 1868 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon | |
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere | |
Lartetotherium sansaniense, Prosantorhinus germanicus, Prosantorhinus douvillei, Brachypotherium brachypus, Plesiaceratherium lumiarense
Lartetotherium sansaniense Lartet 1837 rhinoceros
Prosantorhinus germanicus Wang 1929 rhinoceros
Prosantorhinus douvillei Osborn 1902 rhinoceros
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros
Plesiaceratherium lumiarense Antunes and Ginsburg 1983 rhinoceros | |
Anisodon grande de Blainville 1849 chalicothere | |
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse | |
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846 chevrotain
Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851 chevrotain | |
Amphimoschus pontileviensis Bourgeois 1873 ruminant | |
Lagomeryx sp. Roger 1904 ruminant
Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837 ruminant | |
Palaeomeryx bojani ruminant | |
Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig | |
Hyainailouros sulzeri Biedermann 1863 creodont | |
"Pseudaelurus turnauensis" = Styriofelis turnauensis, "Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti, Pseudaelurus romievensis
"Pseudaelurus turnauensis" = Styriofelis turnauensis Hoernes 1882 cat
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti Gaillard 1899 cat | |
Protictitherium gaillardi Forsyth Major 1903 hyaena | |
Pseudocyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear-dog
Amphicyon giganteus Schinz 1825 bear-dog
Pseudarctos bavaricus Schlosser 1899 bear-dog
Agnotherium grivensis bear-dog | |
Hemicyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear | |
Trocharion albanense Forsyth-Major 1903 mustelid carnivore | |
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole | |
Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908 beaver
Anchitheriomys wiedemanni beaver | |
Lagopsis sp. Schlosser 1894 pika | |
"Pliopithecus piveteaui" = Pliopithecus antiquus
"Pliopithecus piveteaui" = Pliopithecus antiquus Blainville 1839 monkey |