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
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Mimomys pusillus
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Bonifay 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
1 right unciform and 1 right trapezoid, in Lyon Museum. | ||||||||||
= Stephanorhinus etruscus
Falconer 1868
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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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
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Eucladoceros senezensis
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Eucladoceros senezensis vireti | ||||||||||
Croizetoceros ramosus
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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Croizetoceros ramosus medius | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella borbonica
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Homotherium sainzelli
Aymard 1853
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long bones, in particular a femur (pp 185) and an ulna (PP 186) in Bale Museum. | ||||||||||
= Homotherium crenatidens
Fabrini 1890
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Heintz et al. 1974 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus arvernensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
1 unciform (Pp 187, Bale Museum), attributed to Anancus by Schaub and Viret (1951). | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1998 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bonifay 1991 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Cygnus sp.
Garsault 1764
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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:
12802 | PACED | 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] | |
9580 | PACED | H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen] |