Blassac-la-Girondie, Auvergne, France: Early/Lower Pleistocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Archidiskodon meridionalis
(Nesti 1825)
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Heintz et al. 1974 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| 1 incomplete leg. | ||||||||||
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= Mammuthus meridionalis
Nesti 1825
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Boeuf et al. 1992 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus etruscus
Cuvier 1823
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Heintz et al. 1974 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis etruscus
Forsyth Major 1877
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta perrieri
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= aff. Pliocrocuta perrieri
Kretzoi 1938
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Megantereon megantereon
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Felis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus bressanus
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Heintz et al. 1974 | |||||||||
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Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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Heintz et al. 1974 | |||||||||
| recombined as Allohippus stenonis | ||||||||||
| Equus stenonis senezensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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Heintz et al. 1974 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
| 1 3rd metatarsal, 1 4th metatarsal, 1 astragalus, 1 calcaneum, 2 incomplete tibiae. | ||||||||||
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= Stephanorhinus etruscus
Falconer 1868
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Alces cf. carnutorum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 right metatarsal. | ||||||||||
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Cervus perolensis
Azzaroli 1952
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= Cervus ischnoceros n. sp.
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Boeuf et al. 1992 | |||||||||
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Eucladoceros tetraceros
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= Eucladoceros aff. teguliensis
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Boeuf et al. 1992 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Leptobos etruscus
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Heintz et al. 1974 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Auvergne |
| Coordinates: | 45.2° North, 3.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.2° North, 3.2° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Early Pleistocene, based on fauna, but the overlying basalt has been dated at 2Ma. |
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: alluvium. | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: a lacustrine delta. | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Excavated in 1965-67, 1971-73. All specimens held in the Laboratoire de Paleontologie des Vertebres et Paleontologie Humaine, Faculte des Sciences, Universite de Poitiers. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Blassac | ||
| Database number: | 42241 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-07-27 02:40:05 | Last modified: | 2005-03-02 10:05:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-27 02:40:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11379. | PACED | O. Boeuf, D. Geraads, and C. Guth. 1992. Cervides Villafranchiens de Blassac-la-Girondie (Haute-Loire, France). Annales de Paleontologie 78(3):159-187 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/S. Bruning] |
Secondary references:
| 12548 | PACED | E. Heintz, C. Guerin, R. Martin and F. Prat. 1974. Principaux gisements villafranchiens de France: Listes fauniques et biostratigraphie. Memoires du Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres 78(1):169-182 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
| 9147 | H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonymies of Eurasian faunas. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] | |
| 9580 | PACED | H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen] |