Saint-André: Late/Upper Oligocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Palaeochelys laurenti
(Bergounioux 1934)
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| recombined as Provencemys laurenti | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Cheirogaster sp.
Bergounioux 1935
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Testudo pusilla
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Mauremys massiliensis
(Bergounioux 1936)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydropsis sanctihenrici n. sp.
Broin 1977
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| synonym of Chelydropsis decheni | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Paenanthracotherium hippoideum
(Rutimeyer 1856)
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Scherler et al. 2019 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
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Mosaicomeryx quercyi
(Jehenne 1987)
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Mennecart and Métais 2015 | |||||||||
| NMB Mar 640, 667 and 738 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Eggysodontidae
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Eggysodon cf. gaudryi
Rames 1886
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Ménouret and Guérin 2009 | |||||||||
| FSL 9525 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diaceratherium massiliae
Ménouret and Guérin 2009
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Ménouret and Guérin 2009 | |||||||||
| NMB Mar 847 | ||||||||||
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Ronzotherium romani
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Ménouret and Guérin 2009 | |||||||||
| FSL 8835 | ||||||||||
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Protaceratherium albigense
(Roman 1912)
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Ménouret and Guérin 2009 | |||||||||
| recombined as Molassitherium albigense | ||||||||||
| FSL 8486 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Bouches-du-Rhone |
| Coordinates: | 43.4° North, 5.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.1° North, 2.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oligocene | Mammal zone: | MP 26 |
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Saint-Andre; Marseille | ||
| Database number: | 181656 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd, P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Holroyd, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-09-25 02:59:15 | Last modified: | 2016-12-12 08:55:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-09-25 02:59:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 61473 | B. Mennecart and G. Métais. 2015. Mosaicomeryx gen. nov., a ruminant mammal from the Oligocene of Europe and the significance of ‘gelocids’. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13(7):581-600 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 61191 | B. Ménouret and C. Guérin. 2009. Diaceratherium massiliae nov. sp. des argiles oligocènes de Saint-André et Saint-Henri à Marseille et de Les Milles près d’Aix-en-Provence (SE de la France), premier grand Rhinocerotidae brachypode européen. Geobios 42:293-327 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 67211 | L. Scherler, F. Lihoreau, and D. Becker. 2019. To split or not to split Anthracotherium? A phylogeny of Anthracotheriinae (Cetartiodactyla: Hippopotamoidea) and its palaeobiogeographical implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185(2):487-510 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |