Le Coupet, Mazeyrat d'Allier, Haute Loire: MN 17, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Homotherium sainzelli
Aymard 1853
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 carnassial in Lyon Museum (V. 161). | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus bressanus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 very large calcaenum (Cp. 10, Basle) described by Prat, 1968. | ||||||||||
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Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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40 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Allohippus stenonis | ||||||||||
| Equus stenonis vireti. Approximately 40 specimens in Basle. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dicerorhinus etruscus
(Falconer 1868)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 fragment of the mesial surface of an upper tooth (Cp 20, Basle). | ||||||||||
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= Stephanorhinus etruscus
Falconer 1868
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus arvernensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Some uncertainty about the provenance of the only Tapir specimen from Coupet. It is a fragment of an upper molar in Lyon Museum (V. 160). It was found in 1856 at 'Mas du Coupet pres de Mazerac et Crepinac, Puy Langeac'. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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"Cervus" philisi
Mennecart et al. 2017
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| recombined as Metacervocerus philisi | ||||||||||
| "Cervus" philisi valliensis | ||||||||||
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Croizetoceros ramosus
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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| Croizetoceros ramosus minor | ||||||||||
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Eucladoceros senezensis
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| Eucladoceros senezensis senezensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazellospira torticornis
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Leptobos etruscus
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| 2 cubo-naviculars (Cp. 57 amd 58) and a lower P2 (Cp 69) all in Basle Museum. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| Some teeth in Lyon, more or less complete, but some doubts over the level of fossilisation and their authenticity (presumably meaning their provenance to this site). | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Anancus arvernensis
(Croizet and Jobert 1828)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| 1 very worn upper molar (Cp 261, Basle), 1 molar fragment (V. 147, Lyon) and 1 upper milk tooth (Cou 001, Paris) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Archidiskodon meridionalis
(Nesti 1825)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Mammuthus meridionalis | ||||||||||
| 1 small fragment of molar (Cou 002, Paris). | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Auvergne |
| Coordinates: | 45.1° North, 3.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.2° 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: | 2.58000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Late Pliocene, Middle Villafranchian, MN17, Villanyian. Faunal date of approximately 2Ma, K/Ar dating of 2.12 +_ 0.09Ma. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuff |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: a sloping deposit termed 'ochre tuffs' (tufs ocreux) by the discoverers (Aymard, 1849). | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Found in 1849 by Aymard. Suggestions that quartz fragments in the deposits indicate hominin involvement. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Coupet | ||
| Database number: | 47188 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2005-02-17 07:32:06 | Last modified: | 2005-03-02 11:05:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-02-17 07:32:06 |
| 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] |
| 9580 | PACED | H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen] |