Pontigne 4 (marine): Langhian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Megamphicyon giganteus
Viretius goeriachensis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908
subspecies carnutense
Anchitheriomys wiedmanni
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
? Prolagus oeningensis (König 1825)
Mammalia - Primates - Pliopithecidae
Pliopithecus pivetaui
Mammalia - Talpidae
Proscapanus cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Plesiaceratherium lumiarense Antunes and Ginsburg 1983
Lartetotherium sansaniensis
Prosantorhinus douvillei Osborn 1902
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotherium grande (de Blainville 1849)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825
Mammalia - Suidae
Aureliachoerus aurelianensis
Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834
Bunolistriodon lockharti
Mammalia
Taucanamo sansaniensis
Mammalia - Cetacea
Nannolithax cf. gracilis Kellogg 1931
Ginsburg and Janvier 1971
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Gargantuodon ligerensis n. gen., n. sp. Ginsburg 1969
Ginsburg 1969 2 specimens
synonym of Orycterocetus crocodilinus
Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Schizodelphis sulcatus (Gervais 1853)
Eurhinodelphis sp. Van Beneden and Gervais 1880
Ginsburg and Janvier 1971 1 specimen
Mammalia
Amphimoschus pontileviensis Bourgeois 1873
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium peneckei (Hoffmann 1892)
Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx lathanensis
Mammalia - Lagomerycidae
Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837
subspecies parviceros
Mammalia - Cervidae
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849
subspecies dichotomus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Pseudaelurus lorteti Gaillard 1899
recombined as Miopanthera lorteti
Pseudaelurus turnauensis Hoernes 1882
recombined as Styriofelis turnauensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon bohemicus
Pseudarctos bavaricus Schlosser 1899
subspecies pontigensis
Pseudocyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Martes cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocanella couffoni (Friant 1947)
nomen dubium belonging to Phocanella
Mammalia - Carnivora
Potamotherium miocenicum Peters 1868
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursavus brevirhinus Hofmann 1887
Hemicyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851
subspecies parvus
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium medium (Desmarest 1822)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831
recombined as Prodeinotherium bavaricum
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium subtapiroides
cf. Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Zygolophodon turicensis (Schintz 1824)
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Maine-et-Loire
Coordinates: 47.5° North, 0.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.7° North, 1.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.97000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:les Buissoneaux
Database number:148396
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-07-19 03:29:55 Last modified:2013-07-18 13:55:05
Access level:the public Released:2013-07-19 03:29:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

47649. 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]

Secondary references:

12861 L. Ginsburg. 1969. Le plus ancien morse du Monde. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 41(4):995-998 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
15322 L. Ginsburg and P. Janvier. 1971. Les mamiferes marins des faluns miocenes de la Touraine et de l'Anjou. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sciences de la Terre 6(22):161-195 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]