Baigneaux-en-Beauce (Miocene of France)

Also known as Baigneaux

Where: Alsac, France (48.1° N, 1.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 0.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: E.P.J. Heizmann, L. Ginsburg, and C. Bulot. 1980. Prosansanosmilus peregrinus, ein neuer machairodontider Felide aus dem Miocän Deutschlands und Frankreichs. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Ser. B. 58:1-27 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69106: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 19.02.2007, edited by David Nicholson, Patricia Holroyd and John Orcutt

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908 beaver
ssp. carnutense
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Prosantorhinus germanicus Wang 1929 rhinoceros
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros
ssp. stehlini
Dicerorhinus cf. sansaniensis rhinoceros
subgenus Lartetotherium
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
 Artiodactyla -
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium cf. naui Kaup 1833 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx parvulus Roger 1898 ruminant
Lagomeryx cf. ruetimeyeri Thenius 1949 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 deer
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Prosansanosmilus peregrinus Heizmann et al. 1980 false sabre-tooth
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti2, "Pseudaelurus turnauensis" = Styriofelis turnauensis2, Pseudaelurus romieviensis
"Pseudaelurus lorteti" = Miopanthera lorteti2 Gaillard 1899 cat
"Pseudaelurus turnauensis" = Styriofelis turnauensis2 Hoernes 1882 cat
Pseudaelurus romieviensis Roman and Viret 1934 cat
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon giganteus Schinz 1825 bear-dog
Pseudarctos bavaricus2 Schlosser 1899 bear-dog
Pseudocyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851 bear-dog
Ysengrinia depereti2 Mayet 1908 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Trochictis carbonaria2 Meyer 1842 mustelid carnivore
Ischyrictis noueli mustelid carnivore
subgenus Hoplictis
Mionictis artenensis Ginsburg 1968 otter
Trocharion cf. albanense Forsyth-Major 1903 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora -
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursavus brevirhinus Hofmann 1887 bear
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium Kaup 1825 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.1 Batsch 1788 turtle
"Un Geochelonine indetermine"
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys ex gr. sarmatica3 Purschke 1885 pond turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.1 Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle