Sainzelles, Polignac, Haute-Loire: Early/Lower Pleistocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas meridionalis
Nesti 1825
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= Archidiskodon meridionalis
Nesti 1825
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
recombined as Mammuthus meridionalis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena brevirostris
Gervais 1850
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= Pachycrocuta brevirostris
Gervais 1850
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Werdelin and Turner 1996 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Machairodus cf. crenatidens
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= Homotherium cf. crenatidens
Fabrini 1890
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus stenonis
Cocchi 1867
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recombined as Allohippus stenonis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros etruscus
Falconer 1868
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= Dicerorhinus etruscus
Falconer 1868
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
= Stephanorhinus etruscus
Falconer 1868
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O'Regan 2003 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Hippopotamidae
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Hippopotamus major
Cuvier 1824
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= Hippopotamus antiquus
Desmarest 1822
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Kahlke 1975 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Cervus cf. elatus
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= Praemegaceros sp.
Portis 1920
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Kahlke 1975 | |||||||||
Cervus pardinus
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= Cervus pardinensis
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Kahlke 1975 | |||||||||
recombined as Metacervocerus pardinensis | ||||||||||
"Cervus" pardinensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bos elatus
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= Leptobos sp.
Rutimeyer 1878
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Kahlke 1975 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Auvergne |
Coordinates: | 45.1° North, 3.9° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.1° North, 3.7° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.78100 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: 1.3-1.6Ma, Early/Lower Pleistocene |
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: Il s'agit de depots lacustre littoraux, contenus dans un cratere d'explosion (maar), epais de 10 a 15 metres. | |
Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | anthropogenic,bone collector |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Associated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Sinzelles | ||
Database number: | 47828 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2005-03-03 02:44:56 | Last modified: | 2005-03-03 04:44:56 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-03 02:44:54 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |
Secondary references:
13140 | PACED | H. D. Kahlke. 1975. The Macrofaunas of continental Europe during the Middle Pleistocene: stratigraphic sequence and problems of intercorrelation. in K.W. Butzer and G.L. Isaac, eds., After the Australopithecines. Mouton, The Hague. 309-374 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
9580 | PACED | H. J. O'Regan. 2003. Reidentifications and synonomies of European mammals. [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/M. Uhen] |
10899 | PACED | L. Werdelin and A. Turner. 1996. The fossil and living Hyaenidae of Africa: present status. in K. M. Stewart and K.L. Semour (eds.) Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironments of Late Cenozoic mammals: Tributes to the career of C.S. (Rufus) Churcher. University of Toronto Press, Toronto. 637-659 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |