Les Beilleaux: Langhian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Pseudoaelurus transitorius
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Ginsburg et al. 1981 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Metaxytherium medium
(Desmarest 1822)
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Spijkerman 2010 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Amphicyon giganteus
Schinz 1825
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Spijkerman 2010 | ||||||
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? Cynelos schlosseri
Dehm 1950
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Ginsburg et al. 1981 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Cynelos helbingi
Dehm 1950
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Ginsburg et al. 1981 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Haplocyonoides mordax
Hürzeler 1940
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Ginsburg et al. 1981 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Stromeriella franconica
Dehm 1950
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Ginsburg et al. 1981 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Broiliana nobilis
Dehm 1950
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Ginsburg et al. 1981 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Palmidophoca callirhoe n. gen., n. sp.
Ginsburg and Janvier 1975
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Ginsburg and Janvier 1975 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Semigenetta elegans
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Ginsburg et al. 1981 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Mammalia
- Cainotheriidae
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Cainotherium sp.
Bravard 1828
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Brachyodus onoideus
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae spp.
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Amphitragulus aurelianensis
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Prolagus vasconiensis
Viret 1930
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Lagopsis penai
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Amphilagus ulmensis
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Eucricetodon quadratum
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Eucricetodon infralactorensis
Viret 1930
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Melissiodon aff. dominans
Dehm 1950
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Paraglis sp.
Baudelot 1970
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Peridyromys occitanus
Baudelot and De Bonis 1966
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| synonym of Peridyromys murinus | |||||||
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Peridyromys cf. aquatilis
(de Bruijn and Moltzer 1974)
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| original and current combination Myomimus aquatilis | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Pseudotheridomys antiquus
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Eomys cf. rhodanicus
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Heteroxerus sp.
Stehlin and Schaub 1951
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Lecuyer et al. 1996 | ||||||
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Procarcharodon sp.
Casier 1960
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Lecuyer et al. 1996 | ||||||
| synonym of Carcharodon | |||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Aetobatidae
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Aetobatis sp.
(Blainville 1816)
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Lecuyer et al. 1996 | ||||||
| original and current combination Aetobatus | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Region Centre | County: | Departement Indre-et-Loire |
| Coordinates: | 47.5° North, 0.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.6° North, 1.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 86 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Langhian | Zone: | MN5 |
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The fossiliferous level is between the limestone of the Anjou Formation (Ludian) et the marine deposits of the Falun; Niveau argilo-sableux (sand and clay level)
age after Ginsburg and Janvier 1999 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | brown,green,white claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: White, green or brown clays of variable thickness are located within levels of sands that have variable granulometry and color. The base of this section contains small pebbles (few centimeters) | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Savigne-sur-Lathan, Savigne sur Lathan | ||
| Database number: | 35441 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Fara, M. Uhen | Enterer: | E. Fara, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-12-15 08:20:52 | Last modified: | 2022-03-01 13:48:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-12-15 08:20:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11577. | A. Collier and J. Huin. 1979. Decouverte d'un gisement d'age Burdigalien inferieur dans des sables sous-jacents aux Faluns de Touraine. Etude de la faune de rongeurs et interet biostratigraphique . Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris, serie D 289:249-252 [E. Fara/E. Fara/E. Fara] |
Secondary references:
| 9576 | 5% 28720 | L. Ginsburg, J. Huin, and J.-P. Locher. 1981. Les carnivores du Miocene inferieur des Beilleaux a Savigne-sur-Lathan. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 3(C2):183-194 [E. Fara/E. Fara/J. Alroy] |
| 15231 | L. Ginsburg and P. Janvier. 1975. Les mammiferes marins des faluns de la Touraine et de l'Anjou: faune, gisements et paleobiologie. Bulletin Society E. sci. Anjou, N. S. 9:73-96 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 50157 | C. Lecuyer, P. Grandjean, F. Paris, M. Robardet, and D. Robineau. 1996. Deciphering "temperature" and "salinity" from biogenic phosphates: the 6180 of coexisting fishes and mammals of the Middle Miocene sea of western France. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 126(1):61-74 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 80391 | E. Spijkerman. 2010. De miocene vertebraten van het Loiregebied (Frankrijk). Afzettingen Wtkg 31(1):18-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |