Vialette, Haute Loire: MN 16, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Agriotherium insigne
(Gervais 1853)
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= Agriotherium sp.
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Lacombat et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Zygolophodon borsoni
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus arvernensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus etruscus
Cuvier 1823
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 canine (Vt 94, Museum of Bale) | ||||||||||
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= Ursus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Lacombat et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| gr. minimus-thibetanus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis aff. etruscus
Forsyth Major 1877
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| at least 1 mandible in Puy en Velay. | ||||||||||
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= Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Lacombat et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis issiodorensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 mandible in Puy. | ||||||||||
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= Lynx issiodorensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Heintz et al. 1974 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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? Hyaena perrieri
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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| 1 cubitus in Puy and 2 lower teeth (V 151 and 152, in Lyon Museum whose attribution to Vialette is not absolutely certain). | ||||||||||
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= ? Pliocrocuta perrieri
Kretzoi 1938
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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"Cervus" cusanus
Croizet and Jobert 1928
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| recombined as Procapreolus cusanus | ||||||||||
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cf. Eucladoceros sp.
Falconer 1868
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Lacombat et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| Crozatier collection | ||||||||||
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Croizetoceros ramosus
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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| Croizetoceros ramosus ramosus | ||||||||||
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"Cervus" pardinensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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| recombined as Metacervocerus pardinensis | ||||||||||
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"Cervus" perrieri
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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| recombined as Praeelaphus perrieri | ||||||||||
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Arvernoceros ardei
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Pliotragus ardeus
(Deperet 1883)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 upper molar (3502, Faculty of Sciences Lyon) and 1 right calcaneum (5306, MNHN, Paris). | ||||||||||
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Gazella cf. borbonica
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Lacombat et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| Crozatier collection | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Lacombat et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| Crozatier collection | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus arvernensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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| Many specimens including a skeleton in Lyon and a mandible in Le Puy en Velay. | ||||||||||
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= Dicerorhinus megarhinus
de Christol 1835
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Heintz et al. 1974 | |||||||||
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= Dicerorhinus jeanvireti
Guérin 1972
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Heintz et al. 1974 | |||||||||
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= Stephanorhinus jeanvireti
Guérin 1972
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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"Dolichopithecus" cf. arvernensis
Depéret 1929
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 upper molar (Vt 326, Museum of Bale). | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France |
| Coordinates: | 45.1° North, 3.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.2° North, 3.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | MN 16 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.20000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Villanyian, Villafranchian. |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Tapir remains are held in Paris, Lyon and Basle, etc. Rhinoceros specimens held in Basle, Musee Crozatier in Puy-en-Velay, MNHN, Paris and Lyon. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:This paper contains a revised faunal list. Where the information is available the previous identification of the specimens has also been entered.
Earlier reports of Equus stenonis or Hipparion from the site are likely to be due to poorly provenanced specimens in museum collections, later excavations have not recovered any specimens and the authors therefore did not include these identfications in this list. Four specimens in Bale Museum are marked as bovid, (2 phalanges, a calcaneum and a maxilla fragemnt) but are again poorly provenanced. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 47099 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2005-02-08 06:13:16 | Last modified: | 2005-02-08 08:33:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-02-08 06:13:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 65737 | F. Lacombat, L. Abbazzi, M. P. Ferretti, B. Martinez-Navarro, P.-E. Moulle, M.-R. Palombo, L. Rook, A. Turner, and A. M.-F. Valli. 2008. New data on the Early Villafranchian fauna from Vialette (Haute-Loire, France) based on the collection of the Crozatier Museum (Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France). Quaternary International 179:64-71 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 9580 | PACED | H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen] |