St-Gérand-le-Puy: Aquitanian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Latonia ragei Hossini 1993
Hossini 1993
Maxilla (MNHN: Sg 16)
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Cygnopterus alphonsi n. sp. Cheneval 1984
Cheneval 1984
Dendrochen sp. Miller 1944
Cheneval 1984
Reptilia - Gaviidae
Colymboides minutus Milne-Edwards 1868
Cheneval 1984
Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae
Empheresula arvernensis (Milne-Edwards 1867)
recombined as Parasula arvernensis
cf. Empheresula arvernensis (Milne-Edwards 1867)
Cheneval 1984
recombined as Parasula arvernensis
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Nectornis n. gen. miocaenus (Milne-Edwards 1868)
Cheneval 1984
Phalacrocorax littoralis (Milne-Edwards 1863)
Graculus littoralis n. sp. Milne-Edwards 1863
Milne-Edwards 1863
recombined as Phalacrocorax littoralis
Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Grallavis edwardsi (Lydekker 1891)
Cheneval 1984
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Pelecanidae
Miopelecanus n. gen. gracillis
Cheneval 1984
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Plegadis paganus (Milne-Edwards 1868)
Cheneval 1984
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Proardeola walkeri Harrison 1979
Cheneval 1984
Reptilia
Plotornis arvernensis
Cheneval 1984
Reptilia - Phoenicopteriformes - Phoenicopteridae
Phoenicopterus croizeti Gervais 1852
Cheneval 1984
Reptilia - Phasianidae
cf. Palaeortyx intermedia Ballman 1966
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768
Szyndlar and Rage 1999
"'Vipera aspis complex'", figured specimens are catalogued as MNHN SG 13732 and 13733
Reptilia - Gekkonidae
Gerandogekko arambourgi n. sp. Hoffstetter 1946
Daza et al. 2014 2 specimens
MNHN [specimen number not cited in original description or subsequent published references], a frontal; MNHN, topotypic frontal and maxilla.
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Cheirogaster sp. Bergounioux 1935
Broin 1977
Ergilemys sp. Ckhikvadze 1972
Broin 1977
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Broin 1977
"Testudo sp., groupe promarginata"
Testudo eurysternum n. sp. Gervais 1848
Lydekker 1889
BMNH 30940, partial right epiplastral
Testudo promarginata Reinach 1900
Broin 1977
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Ptychogaster emydoides Pomel 1847
Broin 1977
Ptychogaster pomeli n. sp. Lydekker 1889
Lydekker 1889
BMNH 30936 (holotype), conjoined epiplastrals; BMNH 30928, conjoined epiplastrals
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Broin 1977
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis sp. Peters 1868
Broin 1977
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Auvergne County:Allier
Coordinates: 46.3° North, 3.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.2° North, 1.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Aquitanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Aquitanian Mammal zone: MN 2
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic"
Lithology description: The deposits of St-Gérand-le-Puy generally consist of calcareous sediments of fluvial and limnic origin (see, e.g., DePietri et al., 2011, J. Vert. Paleont. 31(4)).
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:rift
Geology comments: The deposits of St-Gérand-le-Puy are part of the infill of the Limagne Basin, a rift basin the origin of which is related to the alpine orogeny. Sedimentation took place "under more or less humid" climatic conditions (DePietri et al., 2011).
Original environment entry >>marine indet.<< has been changed accordingly. (TL)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:MNHN,NMB
Metadata
Also known as:Saint Gérand le Puy
Database number:125333
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Holroyd, J. Mueller, A. Dunhill, R. Butler, P. Barrett Enterer:M. Uhen, J. Benito Moreno, T. Cleary, P. Holroyd, B. Allen, T. Liebrecht
Modifier:T. Cleary Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-03-08 08:00:27 Last modified:2019-10-04 10:45:51
Access level:the public Released:2012-03-08 08:00:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
40668. U. B. Gohlich. 2003. The avifauna of the Grund Beds (Middle Miocene, Early Badenian, northern Austria). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 104:237-249 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]

Secondary references:

60047 F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
74427 J. Cheneval. 1984. Grallavis edwardsi (Lydekker, 1891), nouveau genre d'oiseau (Ciconiiformes) du gisement Aquitanien de Saint-Gerand-Le-Puy (Allier, France). Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 53(2):43-60 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
74426 J. Cheneval. 1984. Les oiseaux aquatiques (Gaviiformes a Anseriformes) du Gisement Aquitanien de Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Allier, France): Révision Systématique. Palaeovertebrata 14(2):33-115 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
59595 J. D. Daza, A. M. Bauer, and E. D. Snively. 2014. On the fossil record of the Gekkota. The Anatomical Record 297:433-462 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]
56985 S. Hossini. 1993. A new species of Latonia (Anura, Discoglossidae) from the lower Miocene of France. Amphibia-Reptilia 14:237-245 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]
70379 M. Ivanov. 2001. Changes in the composition of the European snake fauna during the Early Miocene and at the Early/Middle Miocene transition. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(4):563-573 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]
41531 R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. The Order Chelonia 1-239 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Uhen]
74424 A. Milne-Edwards. 1863. Description de quelques especes nouvelles. Annales des sciences naturelles Zoologie 20:133-176 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
62869 A. Pérez-García. 2017. The Iberian fossil record of turtles: an update. Journal of Iberian Geology 1-37 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
43699 Z. Szyndlar and J.-C. Rage. 1999. Oldest Fossil Vipers (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Old World. Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 8:9-20 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]