La Roche-Lambert, Saint Paulien, Haute-Loire: MN 17, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys pusillus
Bonifay 1991
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus etruscus (Falconer 1868)
2 specimens
1 right unciform and 1 right trapezoid, in Lyon Museum.
    = Stephanorhinus etruscus Falconer 1868
O'Regan 2003
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus stenonis Cocchi 1867
2 specimens
recombined as Allohippus stenonis
Equus stenonis cf. vireti. 1 third metacarpal (Pp 193), 1 distal humerus fragment (Pp 190) Bale Museum.
Mammalia - Cervidae
Eucladoceros senezensis
Eucladoceros senezensis vireti
Croizetoceros ramosus (Croizet and Jobert 1828)
Croizetoceros ramosus medius
Mammalia - Bovidae
Gazella borbonica
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium sainzelli Aymard 1853
long bones, in particular a femur (pp 185) and an ulna (PP 186) in Bale Museum.
    = Homotherium crenatidens Fabrini 1890
Heintz et al. 1974
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus arvernensis (Croizet and Jobert 1828)
1 specimen
1 unciform (Pp 187, Bale Museum), attributed to Anancus by Schaub and Viret (1951).
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1998
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bonifay 1991
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Cygnus sp. Garsault 1764
Bonifay 1991
see common names

Geography
Country:France State/province:Haute-Loire
Coordinates: 45.4° North, 3.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.4° North, 3.4° 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:2.58800 - 1.80600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: between Pardines and St Vallier (= Late Pliocene, Villanyian, MN17).
Lithology and environment
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Site found in 1950 by P. Bout.
Metadata
Also known as:La Rochelambert
Database number:47133
Authorizer:A. Turner, E. Vlachos Enterer:H. O'Regan, E. Vlachos
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2005-02-15 07:54:48 Last modified:2005-03-02 11:08:29
Access level:the public Released:2005-02-15 07:54:48
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:

12802PACED E. Bonifay. 1991. Les Premieres industries du Sud-Est de la France et du Massif-Central. In E. Bonifay, B. Vandermeersch (eds.), Les Premiers Europeens. Edition du comite des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques (CTHS) 63-80 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen]
66368 J. A. Holman. 1998. Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles in Britain and Europe. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics 1-265 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
9580PACED H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen]