Pontigne 4 (marine): Langhian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Megamphicyon giganteus
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Viretius goeriachensis
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Steneofiber depereti
Mayet 1908
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subspecies carnutense | ||||||||||
Anchitheriomys wiedmanni
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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? Prolagus oeningensis
(König 1825)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Pliopithecidae
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Pliopithecus pivetaui
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Proscapanus cf. sansaniensis
Lartet 1851
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Plesiaceratherium lumiarense
Antunes and Ginsburg 1983
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Lartetotherium sansaniensis
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Prosantorhinus douvillei
Osborn 1902
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Chalicotherium grande
(de Blainville 1849)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Anchitherium aurelianense
Cuvier 1825
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Aureliachoerus aurelianensis
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Hyotherium soemmeringi
von Meyer 1834
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Bunolistriodon lockharti
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Mammalia
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Taucanamo sansaniensis
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Nannolithax cf. gracilis
Kellogg 1931
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Gargantuodon ligerensis n. gen., n. sp.
Ginsburg 1969
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Ginsburg 1969 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
synonym of Orycterocetus crocodilinus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eurhinodelphinidae
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Schizodelphis sulcatus
(Gervais 1853)
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Eurhinodelphis sp.
Van Beneden and Gervais 1880
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Ginsburg and Janvier 1971 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
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Amphimoschus pontileviensis
Bourgeois 1873
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium peneckei
(Hoffmann 1892)
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Dorcatherium crassum
Lartet 1851
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Palaeomeryx lathanensis
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Mammalia
- Lagomerycidae
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Dicrocerus elegans
Lartet 1837
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subspecies parviceros | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Procervulus dichotomus
Gervais 1849
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subspecies dichotomus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Pseudaelurus lorteti
Gaillard 1899
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recombined as Miopanthera lorteti | ||||||||||
Pseudaelurus turnauensis
Hoernes 1882
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recombined as Styriofelis turnauensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Amphicyon bohemicus
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Pseudarctos bavaricus
Schlosser 1899
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subspecies pontigensis | ||||||||||
Pseudocyon sansaniensis
Lartet 1851
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Martes cf. sansaniensis
Lartet 1851
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Phocanella couffoni
(Friant 1947)
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nomen dubium belonging to Phocanella | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Potamotherium miocenicum
Peters 1868
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursavus brevirhinus
Hofmann 1887
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Hemicyon sansaniensis
Lartet 1851
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subspecies parvus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Metaxytherium medium
(Desmarest 1822)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium bavaricum
von Meyer 1831
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recombined as Prodeinotherium bavaricum | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotherium subtapiroides
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cf. Gomphotherium angustidens
Burmeister 1837
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Zygolophodon turicensis
(Schintz 1824)
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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] |