Pardines: MN 17, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Nyctereutes megamastoides
(Pomel 1842)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Canis megamastoides | ||||||||||
| a cranium (LP 217) and a maxilla (LP 224) in Bale Museum. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus etruscus
Cuvier 1823
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 mandible (LP 199, Bale Museum). | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Megantereon megantereon
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 cranium in Bale Museum. | ||||||||||
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Homotherium sainzelli
Aymard 1853
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| Bones in Bale Museum including a tibia (LP 154) and a radius (LP 131). | ||||||||||
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= Homotherium crenatidens
Fabrini 1890
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Heintz et al. 1974 | |||||||||
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Felis issiodorensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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| Held in Bale Museum. | ||||||||||
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= Lynx issiodorensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Euryboas lunensis
(Del Campana 1914)
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| Described and illustrated by Schaub (1941). | ||||||||||
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= Chasmaporthetes lunensis
Del Campana 1914
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McKenna and Bell 1997 | |||||||||
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? Hyaena perrieri
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 metatarsal and 2 vertebrae (LP 198, Bale Museum). Kurten 1963 had grave doubts that these are H. perrieri. | ||||||||||
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= ? Pliocrocuta perrieri
Kretzoi 1938
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus bressanus
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| = Equus stenonis var. major Boule. 2 mandible fragments with incisors and lateral molars from the same individual (LP 7), 1 scapula fragment (LP 62), 1 3rd metacarpal (LP 128), 1 astragalus (LP 4). | ||||||||||
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Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Allohippus stenonis | ||||||||||
| Equus stenonis vireti. (Provisonal attribution). 1 stenonid upper right M1 (LP 486, Bale Musuem). | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 poorly preserved deciduous lower dp3 (LP 203, Bale Museum). | ||||||||||
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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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Procamptoceros brivatense
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| a left juvenile metacarpal lacking the distal epiphysis (LP 60). | ||||||||||
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= Cervus philisi
Mennecart et al. 2017
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Heintz et al. 1974 | |||||||||
| recombined as Metacervocerus philisi | ||||||||||
| "Cervus" philisi valliensis | ||||||||||
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Croizetoceros ramosus
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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| Croizetoceros ramosus medius | ||||||||||
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Eucladoceros senezensis
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| Eucladoceros senezensis vireti | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Leptobos etruscus
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| Several specimens including a distal tibia fragment (LP 30) and distal metatarsal fragment (LP 46) in Bale Museum. L. etruscus or possibly Leptobos stenometopon. | ||||||||||
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Gazella borbonica
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Gazella torticornis
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus arvernensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| A fragment of palate with right D2 and left D2 and D3 (LP 176, Bale Museum). Z. borsoni and A. meridionalis have not been identified. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Auvergne |
| Coordinates: | 45.6° North, 3.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.6° North, 3.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Gelasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | MN 17 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Late Pliocene, Villanyian, Villafranchian |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Many equid teeth and bones in Bale Museum have stenonine characteristics. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 47131 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2005-02-15 06:19:23 | Last modified: | 2005-02-15 09:23:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-02-15 06:19:23 |
| 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:
| 7584 | M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level 1-640 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 9580 | PACED | H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen] |