Artenac 'Bed 8', Commune de Saint-Mary, Charente,: Late/Upper Pleistocene, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis bechsteini Leisler 1818
Myotis myotis (Borkhausen 1797)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota sp. Frisch 1775
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mus sylvaticus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus gregalis
Microtus arvalis (Pallas 1779)
Terricola cf. subterraneus
synonym of Microtus
Arvicola terrestris (Linnaeus 1758)
Cricetulus migratorius (Pallas 1773)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Soricidae
Crocidura leucodon (Hermann 1780)
Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766
Sorex araneus Linnaeus 1758
Sorex group araneus/coronatus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Meles sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
Crocuta crocuta spelaea
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera leo (Linnaeus 1758)
Panthera leo spelaea
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Canis lupus lupus
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovinae indet. (Gray 1821)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Megaceros sp. Owen 1844
synonym of Megaloceros
Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus 1758)
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus 1758)
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus hydruntinus
Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758
Equus caballus ssp.
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Coelodonta sp. Bronn 1831
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Poitou-Charentes
Coordinates: 45.7° North, 0.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.6° North, 0.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Member:5
Local bed:8
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: There are five members at this site ranging in age from the Middle to Upper Pleistocene. Members 1-3 (beds I-V) are Middle Pleistocene levels, the Upper Pleistocene is represented by Members 4-5 (beds 5-10). Bed 8 is ?Stage 5, temperate to cold.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: there are 4 different facies - 8G calcareous granules and large blocks, 8H little stones, 8F coprolites, 8E very compact clay with small stones.
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:anthropogenic,bone collector
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Collection method comments: This material is still under study.
Metadata
Also known as:Artenac-en-Charente
Database number:43629
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-17 06:42:34 Last modified:2004-08-17 09:48:23
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-17 06:42:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11457.PACED A. Delagnes, J.-F. Tournepiche, D. Armand, E. Desclaux, M.-F. Diot, C. Ferrier, V. Le Fillatre and B. Vandermeersch. 1999. Le gisement Pleistocene moyen et superieur d'Artenac (Saint-Mary, Charent): premier bilan interdisciplinaire. Bulletin de la Societe Prehistorique Francaise 96(4):469-496 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]