La Denise: Burdigalian, France
collected by J. P. Aguilar
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Carcharinus sp.
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Bivalvia
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Lamellibranchia indet.
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| replaced by Autobranchia | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Galerix exilis
de Blainville 1839
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
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Lagomorpha indet.
Brandt 1885
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Megacricetodon aff. bavaricus
(Fahlbusch 1964)
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42 specimens | ||||||
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Democricetodon aff. mutilus
(Fahlbusch 1964)
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Actinopteri
- Spariformes
- Sparidae
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Sparidae indet.
(Cuvier 1817)
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis ex gr. margarita
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rhinobatidae
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Rhinobatos sp.
Link 1790
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Isogomphodon acuarius
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Rhizoprionodon fischeuri
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Galeorhinus ? sp.
de Blainville and Prévost 1816
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Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | County: | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Coordinates: | 43.6° North, 5.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.7° North, 3.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 380 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Bed rests discordantly under the La Trévaresse limestones (Aquitanian). Fossil bed in upper part of this formation, beneath overlying Quaternary deposits. Considered Late Burdigalian - N7/NN4 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lenticular,pebbly sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: sands with lenses of sandstone, oyster shells, and pebbles. Rich oyster beds contain rodent fossils. | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Geology comments: "littoral" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Rock censused: | 500 kg |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | J. P. Aguilar |
| Collection method comments: Discovered by J. P. Aguilar. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 37238 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-03-08 07:35:37 | Last modified: | 2021-05-07 09:50:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-03-08 07:35:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10008. | 5% 22740 | D. Lalaï. 1986. Nouvelles faunes de rongeurs de la fin du Miocène inférieur en Provence. Implications géologiques et paléogéographiques. Palaeovertebrata 16(2):77-126 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |